Lexicon
קָדוֹשׁ
qa.dosh
H6918
H:A Hebrew

holy

119
Occurrences
20
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Hebrew
Language

qa.dosh describes God as the Holy One and marks people, places, and things as belonging in a holy setting.

The term most often identifies God as the Holy One, especially in the repeated construct expression connected with Israel; it also describes Israel and other persons as holy, and marks places, chambers, offerings, and related things as holy within the settings shown.

Senses in use

  1. God designated as the Holy One · dominant

    The singular construct form occurs in titles such as the Holy One of Israel: in Isaiah 30:15 the APB renders the speaker's title this way as the verse calls for returning, rest, quietness, and trust, while Isaiah 41:20 attributes the stated act of creation to the Holy One of Israel. Singular forms also identify God directly in 1 Samuel 2:2 and Hosea 11:9, where the APB places the designation in declarations about the LORD.

  2. People marked as holy · common

    Plural and singular adjective forms describe Israel as a people holy to the LORD in Deuteronomy 7:6 and Exodus 19:6. In Leviticus 20:26, the APB renders the command for the people to be holy alongside the statement that the LORD separated them from the peoples to be his; Isaiah 4:3 similarly says those remaining in Zion and Jerusalem will be called holy.

  3. Holy places and consecrated things · occasional

    The adjective marks the place where the ram's flesh is to be boiled in Exodus 29:31. In Ezekiel 42:13, the APB calls the chambers holy and states that priests eat and lay offerings there because the place is holy; Ecclesiastes 8:10 likewise refers to a holy place.

  4. Holy individual or plural beings · rare

    In Daniel 8:13, two singular forms occur as one holy one speaks and another addresses the speaker. Job 5:1 asks to which of the holy ones a person might turn, and Deuteronomy 33:3 speaks of all his holy ones receiving instruction.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB commonly presents the term with “holy,” including “Holy One,” “holy people,” “holy place,” and “holy ones.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these phrases confirm the clauses' presentation without assigning every English word to a specific token.

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Across Scripture