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Lexicon :: Strong's H6942 - qāḏaš

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קָדַשׁ
Transliteration
qāḏaš
Pronunciation
kaw-dash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1990

Strong’s Definitions

קָדַשׁ qâdash, kaw-dash'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally):—appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), × wholly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 172x

The KJV translates Strong's H6942 in the following manner: sanctify (108x), hallow (25x), dedicate (10x), holy (7x), prepare (7x), consecrate (5x), appointed (1x), bid (1x), purified (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 172x
The KJV translates Strong's H6942 in the following manner: sanctify (108x), hallow (25x), dedicate (10x), holy (7x), prepare (7x), consecrate (5x), appointed (1x), bid (1x), purified (1x), miscellaneous (7x).
  1. to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be set apart, be consecrated

      2. to be hallowed

      3. consecrated, tabooed

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to show oneself sacred or majestic

      2. to be honoured, be treated as sacred

      3. to be holy

    3. (Piel)

      1. to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate

      2. to observe as holy, keep sacred

      3. to honour as sacred, hallow

      4. to consecrate

    4. (Pual)

      1. to be consecrated

      2. consecrated, dedicated

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to set apart, devote, consecrate

      2. to regard or treat as sacred or hallow

      3. to consecrate

    6. (Hithpael)

      1. to keep oneself apart or separate

      2. to cause Himself to be hallowed (of God)

      3. to be observed as holy

      4. to consecrate oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָדַשׁ qâdash, kaw-dash'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally):—appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), × wholly.
STRONGS H6942: Abbreviations
קָּדַשׁ verb denominative be set apart, consecrated (Gerber238ff.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ק׳ Exodus 29:21; suffix קְדַשְׁתִּיךָ Isaiah 65:5; 3rd person masculine plural קָדֵ֑שׁוּ Numbers 17:2; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקְדַּשׁ 1 Samuel 21:6; יִקְדָּ֑שׁ Exodus 29:37 +, etc.; —
1. be set apart, consecrated, hallowed, of shew-bread 1 Samuel 21:6 (dubious Passage, but compare especially RSSemitic i. 436; 2nd ed. 455 [also Drsm.293], who proposes יְקֻדַּשׁ); Aaron and his sons by blood Exodus 29:21 (P); other persons Isaiah 65:5 (Di; but
Pi. Gei RSSemitic i. 431; 2nd ed. 451 Che Du Buhl).
2. be hallowed, by contact with sacred things, and so tabooed from profane use, of forfeited to sanctuary Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:29; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 6:20 Numbers 17:2; Numbers 17:3 (P), Haggai 2:12.
3. consecrated, tabooed (above) Deuteronomy 22:9 (law against mixtures).
Niph. Perfect. 3rd person masculine singular נִקְדַּשׁ Isaiah 5:16; Exodus 29:43, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּקָּדֵשׁ Numbers 20:13; 1st person singular אֶקָּדֵשׁ Leviticus 10:3; Infinitive construct. suffix הִקָּֽדְשִׁי Ezekiel 36:23; Ezekiel 38:16; —
1. shew oneself sacred, majestic: c. בְּ person, + לְעֵינֵי Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 36:23; Ezekiel 38:16; Ezekiel 39:27; with בְּ Isaiah 5:16; Ezekiel 28:22, compare Numbers 20:13 (P).
2. be honoured or treated as sacred || נכבד Leviticus 10:3 (P); opposed to חלּלשׁם Leviticus 22:32 (P).
3. be consecrated, dedicated, by כבוד י׳ Exodus 29:43 (P).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular קִדַּשׁ Numbers 6:11; 1 Kings 8:64, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְקַדֵּשׁ Genesis 2:3 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קַדֵּשׁ Joshua 7:13; קַדֶּשֿׁ Exodus 13:2, etc.; Infinitive construct קַדֵּשׁ Exodus 29:1 +, etc.; Participle מְקַדֵּשׁ Exodus 37:28; suffix מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם Exodus 31:13 +, etc.; —
1. set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate:
a. places: Sinai Exodus 19:23 (J), alter, etc., Exodus 29:36, 37; Exodus 30:29 (P), tabernacle, etc. Exodus 40:9, 10, 11; Leviticus 8:10, 11, 15; Numbers 7:1 (twice in verse) (P); tent of meeting Exodus 29:44 (P); place of sacrifice 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; gate Nehemiah 3:1 (twice in verse); — Ezekiel 7:24 see מִקְדָּשׁ below
b. wave-offering Exodus 29:27 (P).
c. persons: priests Exodus 28:3, 41; Exodus 29:1, 33, 44; Exodus 30:30; Exodus 40:13; Leviticus 8:12, 30; firstborn Exodus 13:2 (P); keepers of ark 1 Samuel 7:1.
d. 7th day (by God) Genesis 2:3; Exodus 20:11 (P).
2. observe as holy, keep sacred: feasts, Sabbath Exodus 20:8 = Deuteronomy 5:12 (Decal.), Jeremiah 17:22, 24, 27; Ezekiel 20:20; Ezekiel 44:24; Nehemiah 13:22; fast Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15; year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:10 (P); so עצרה לבעל 2 Kings 10:20.
3. honour as sacred, hallow:
a. God Deuteronomy 32:51, his name Exodus 36:23.
b. priest Leviticus 21:8 (H).
4. consecrate by purification:
a. places, house of י׳ 2 Chronicles 29:5, 17 (twice in verse), alter מִטֻּמְאֹת, Leviticus 16:19.
b. people העם Joshua 7:13 (J), Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 46:20; by washing Exodus 19:10, 14 (E); קהל for fast Joel 2:16; Nazirite Numbers 6:11 (P), sons of Job Job 1:5; family for sacrifice 1 Samuel 16:5.
c. war, or warriors, from custom of opening campaign by sacrifice, (עַל) מִלְחָמָה ק׳ Jeremiah 6:4; Joel 4:9; Micah 3:5; Jeremiah 22:7; Jeremiah 51:27, 28.
d. of God, keeping his people pure and sacred: אני יהוה מְקַדֵּשׁ Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 20:8; Leviticus 21:8, 15, 23; Leviticus 22:9, 16, 32 (H), Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 37:28.
Pu. Participle מְקֻדָּשׁ Ezekiel 48:11, etc.; — consecrated, dedicated: priests 2 Chronicles 26:18; Ezekiel 48:11 (read plural), things 2 Chronicles 31:6, feasts Ezra 3:5, warriors Isaiah 13:3.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִקְדִּישׁ Zephaniah 1:7 +, etc.; Imperfect יַקְדּישׁ Leviticus 27:16 + 4 times, יַקְדִּשׁ Leviticus 27:14, etc.; Imperative suffix הַקְדִּשֵׁם Jeremiah 12:3; Infinitive absolute הַקְדֵּשׁ Judges 17:3; construct הַקְדִּישׁ 2 Chronicles 2:3 +, etc.; Participle מַקְדִּישׁ Leviticus 27:15 +, etc.
1. set apart, devote, consecrate:
a. places, temple 2 Chronicles 2:3, city Joshua 20:7 (P).
b. things Exodus 28:28; Leviticus 22:2, 3(P) 2 Kings 12:19; 1 Chronicles 23:13; 1 Chronicles 26:26, 27, 28 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 12:47 (twice in verse); money Judges 17:3 (twice in verse); spoil 2 Samuel 8:11 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 18:11; field Leviticus 27:16, 17, 18, 19, 22 (H); house Leviticus 27:14, 15 (H); firstlings Deuteronomy 15:19 (D) Leviticus 27:26 (H).
c. of God: consecrate temple 1 Kings 9:3, 7 2 Chronicles 7:16, 20; 30:8; 36:14; prophet Jeremiah 1:5; firstborn Numbers 3:13; Numbers 8:17 (P); devote wicked (as sheep) for sacrifice Jeremiah 12:3.
2. regard, or treat, as sacred, hallow: God Isaiah 8:13; Isaiah 29:23 (twice in verse); + לְעֵינֵי person Numbers 20:12; Numbers 27:14.
3. consecrate by purification: vessels 2 Chronicles 29:19; persons for Passover 2 Chronicles 30:17; guests for sacrificial feast Zephaniah 1:7 (God subject).
Hithp. Perfect, 1st person singular הִתְקַדִּשְׁתִּי Ezekiel 38:23, 2nd person masculine plural (consecutive) דִּשְׁתֶּם - Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7, 3rd person plural הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ 2 Chronicles 5:11; 30:17, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִתְקַדְּשׁוּ 2 Chronicles 29:34 +; יִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ Exodus 19:22; Imperative masculine plural הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ Numbers 11:18 +; הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ Joshua 3:5; Infinitive construct הִתְקַדֵּשֹׁ 2 Chronicles 29:34; הִתְקַדֶּשֿׁ Isaiah 30:29; Perfect feminine singular מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת 2 Samuel 11:4; plural מִתְקַדְּשִׁים Isaiah 66:17; —
1. keep oneself apart from unclean things Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7 (P).
2. of God, cause himself to be hallowed, לְעֵינֵי גּוֺיִם Ezekiel 38:23.
3. be observed as holy, of feast Isaiah 30:29.
4. consecrate oneself by purification, of priests and Levites Exodus 19:22 (J), 1 Chronicles 15:12, 14; 2 Chronicles 5:11; 29:5, 15, 34 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 30:3, 15, 24; 31:18; 35:6; of people Numbers 11:18; Joshua 3:5; Joshua 7:13 (J) 1 Samuel 16:5; 2 Chronicles 30:17; Isaiah 66:17; woman 2 Samuel 11:4 she having (just) purified herself מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ RsK. 276 Dr HPS.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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Strong's Number H6942 matches the Hebrew קָדַשׁ (qāḏaš),
which occurs 173 times in 154 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 2:3–Lev 27:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:22 - Even the priests, who approach the LORD, must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:23 - Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:8 - “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:11 - For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3 - Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:38 - It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and he will bear the guilt involved in the sacred gifts the Israelites consecrate, whatever their gifts may be. It will be on Aaron’s forehead continually so that they will be acceptable to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41 - After you put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint and ordain them. Consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 - “This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without defect.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - And take some blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. Then he and his sons and their garments will be consecrated.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:27 - “Consecrate those parts of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons: the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:33 - They are to eat these offerings by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no one else may eat them, because they are sacred.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 - Sacrifice a bull each day as a sin offering to make atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - For seven days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:43 - there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - “So I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:29 - You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30 - “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:13 - “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - “Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10 - Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:11 - Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13 - Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:18 - Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it. For all generations to come it is his perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the LORD. Whatever touches them will become holy.[fn]’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27 - Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 - Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:11 - He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:15 - Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:30 - Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:3 - Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke of when he said: “ ‘Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’ ” Aaron remained silent.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:19 - He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and to consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:7 - “ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:8 - Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:8 - Regard them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy, because I the LORD am holy—I who make you holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:15 - so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:2 - “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - “Say to them: ‘For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:9 - “ ‘The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:16 - by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:32 - Do not profane my holy name, for I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites. I am the LORD, who made you holy
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:10 - Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:14 - “ ‘If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the LORD, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:15 - If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - “ ‘If anyone dedicates to the LORD part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer[fn] of barley seed.

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