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Lexicon :: Strong's H6918 - qāḏôš

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קָדוֹשׁ
Transliteration
qāḏôš
Pronunciation
kaw-doshe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1990b

Strong’s Definitions

קָדוֹשׁ qâdôwsh, kaw-doshe'; or קָדֹשׁ qâdôsh; from H6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary:—holy (One), saint.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x

The KJV translates Strong's H6918 in the following manner: holy (65x), Holy One (39x), saint (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x
The KJV translates Strong's H6918 in the following manner: holy (65x), Holy One (39x), saint (12x).

  1. sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָדוֹשׁ qâdôwsh, kaw-doshe'; or קָדֹשׁ qâdôsh; from H6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary:—holy (One), saint.
STRONGS H6918: Abbreviations
† קָדוֺשׁ adjective sacred, holy; — absolute ק׳ Exodus 19:6 +; קָדשׁ Exodus 29:31 +; construct קְדוֺשׁ Isaiah 1:4 +; קְדשׁ Isaiah 49:7 + 2 times; suffix קְדשִׁי Habakkuk 1:12; קְדוֺשׁוֺ Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 49:7 קְדוֺשְׁכֶם Isaiah 43:15; plural קְדוֺשִׁים Hosea 12:1 + 2 times, קְדשׁים Leviticus 11:44 + 16 times; suffix קְדשָׁיו Deuteronomy 33:3; Psalm 34:10, קְדשָׁו֯ Job 15:15; —
1. of God, as separate, apart, and so sacred, holy:
a. exalted on theophanic throne Isaiah 6:3 (3 times in verse), Psalm 22:4 heavenly throne Isaiah 57:15; in victory Isaiah 5:16; 1 Samuel 2:2; Psalm 99:3 (|| נוֺרָא), Psalm 99:5; Psalm 99:9; וְנוֺרָא ק׳ שְׁמוֺ Psalm 111:9.
b. separate from human infirmity, impurity, and sin: Joshua 24:19 (E), 1 Samuel 6:20; Habakkuk 1:12; קדושׁ אני כ׳ Leviticus 11:44, 45; Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:26; Leviticus 21:8 (H); קדושׁ בְּקִרְבְּךָ Hosea 11:9; בישׂראל ק׳ Ezekiel 39:7.
c. קְדוֺשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל = divine name (originating from trisagion, Isaiah 6:3) Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 5:19, 24; Isaiah 10:20; Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 17:7; Isaiah 29:19; Isaiah 30:11, 12, 15; Isaiah 31:1; Is :2; Isaiah 41:14, 16, 20; Isaiah 43:3, 14; Isaiah 45:11; Isaiah 47:4; Isaiah 48:17; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:9, 14 elsewhere only 2 Kings 19:22 = Isaiah 37:23; Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 51:5; Psalm 71:22; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 89:19; יעקב ק׳ Isaiah 29:23, קְדוֺשׁוֺ Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 49:7, קְדוֺשְׁכֶם Isaiah 43:15; קָדוֺשׁ Isaiah 40:25; Habakkuk 3:3; Job 6:10, plural intensive שׁים (ו) קד Hosea 12:1; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 30:3.
2.
a. of place, sacred, holy, chambers of priests Ezekiel 42:13, camp of Israel Deuteronomy 23:15, + מָרוֺם of heaven Isaiah 57:15 (but of י׳ Du Ry, and [reading בְּק׳ as holy, ב essent.] Klo Che Marti); in following (often defective) pointing dubious, read probably קֹדֶשׁ 2: ם ק׳ (ו)מק of the court of tabernacle, Exodus 29:31; Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:19; Leviticus 6:20; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 10:13; Leviticus 16:24; Leviticus 24:9 (P), of Jerusalem Ecclesiastes 8:10; מִשְׁכְּנֵי ק׳ עליון Psalm 46:5; הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ ק׳ Psalm 65:5.
b. persons: priests Leviticus 21:7, 8; Numbers 16:5, 7 (P), Aaron Psalm 106:16, Levites 2 Chronicles 35:3, prophet 2 Kings 4:9, Nazirite Numbers 6:5, 8 (P), Israel גּוֺי ק׳ Exodus 19:6 (E), עם ק׳ Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2, 21; Deuteronomy 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:9; כָּלהָֿעֵדָה Numbers 16:3 (P); remnant in Jerusalem Isaiah 4:3; קדשׁים sacred Leviticus 11:44, 45; Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:7, 26; Leviticus 21:6; Numbers 15:40; קדשׁים sacred ones, saints Deuteronomy 33:3 (song), Psalm 16:3; Psalm 34:10; Daniel 8:24.
c. angels, Psalm 89:6; Psalm 89:8; Job 5:1; Job 15:15; Zechariah 14:5; Daniel 8:13 (twice in verse).
d. מים קדשׁים Numbers 5:17 holy water.
e. time (לי׳) הַיּוֺם ק׳ Nehemiah 8:9, 10, 11; קְדוֺשׁ י׳ Isaiah 58:13, of Sabbath. — (compare Biblical Aramaic קַדִּישׁ).

Biblical Aramaic

קדשׁ (√ of following; Targum Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew id., קָדוֺשׁ above).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

19:6; 19:6; 29:31; 29:31

Leviticus

6:9; 6:19; 6:20; 7:6; 10:13; 11:44; 11:44; 11:44; 11:45; 11:45; 16:24; 19:2; 19:2; 20:7; 20:26; 20:26; 21:6; 21:7; 21:8; 21:8; 24:9

Numbers

5:17; 6:5; 6:8; 15:40; 16:3; 16:5; 16:7

Deuteronomy

7:6; 14:2; 14:21; 23:15; 26:19; 28:9; 33:3; 33:3

Joshua

24:19

1 Samuel

2:2; 6:20

2 Kings

4:9; 19:22

2 Chronicles

35:3

Nehemiah

8:9; 8:10; 8:11

Job

5:1; 6:10; 15:15; 15:15

Psalms

16:3; 22:4; 34:10; 34:10; 46:5; 65:5; 71:22; 78:41; 89:6; 89:8; 89:19; 99:3; 99:5; 99:9; 106:16; 111:9

Proverbs

9:10; 30:3

Ecclesiastes

8:10

Isaiah

1:4; 1:4; 4:3; 5:16; 5:19; 5:24; 6:3; 6:3; 10:17; 10:17; 10:20; 12:6; 17:7; 29:19; 29:23; 30:11; 30:12; 30:15; 31:1; 37:23; 40:25; 41:14; 41:16; 41:20; 43:3; 43:14; 43:15; 43:15; 45:11; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7; 49:7; 49:7; 49:7; 54:5; 55:5; 57:15; 57:15; 58:13; 60:9; 60:14

Jeremiah

50:29; 51:5

Ezekiel

39:7; 42:13

Daniel

8:13; 8:24

Hosea

11:9; 12:1; 12:1

Habakkuk

1:12; 1:12; 3:3

Zechariah

14:5

H6918

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Strong's Number H6918 matches the Hebrew קָדוֹשׁ (qāḏôš),
which occurs 119 times in 108 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 19:6–Psa 65:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - you[fn] will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:31 - “Take the ram for the ordination and cook the meat in a sacred place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - Aaron and his sons shall eat the rest of it, but it is to be eaten without yeast in the sanctuary area; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26 - The priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in the sanctuary area, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:6 - Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13 - Eat it in the sanctuary area, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings presented to the LORD; for so I have been commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:44

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:45 - I am the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:24 - He shall bathe himself with water in the sanctuary area and put on his regular garments. Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the people, to make atonement for himself and for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:2 - “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:7 - “ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:26 - You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:6 - They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they present the food offerings to the LORD, the food of their God, they are to be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - “ ‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:9 - It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in the sanctuary area, because it is a most holy part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - “ ‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor may be used on their head. They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the LORD is over; they must let their hair grow long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:8 - Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40 - Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:3 - They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:5 - Then he said to Korah and all his followers: “In the morning the LORD will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will have that person come near him. The man he chooses he will cause to come near him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the LORD. The man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:8 - Then the LORD said to Aaron, “I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion, your perpetual share.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:32 - By presenting the best part of it you will not be guilty in this matter; then you will not defile the holy offerings of the Israelites, and you will not die.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:6 - For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2 - for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:9 - The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in obedience to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:2 - “There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:20 - And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22 - Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He said to the Levites, who instructed all Israel and who had been consecrated to the LORD: “Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:1 - “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:3 - Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:9 - Fear the LORD, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4 - Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.

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