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Lexicon :: Strong's H6944 - qōḏeš

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קֹדֶשׁ
Transliteration
qōḏeš
Pronunciation
ko'-desh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1990a

Strong’s Definitions

קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh, ko'-desh; from H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:—consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 468x

The KJV translates Strong's H6944 in the following manner: holy (262x), sanctuary (68x), (holy, hallowed, ...) things (52x), most (44x), holiness (30x), dedicated (5x), hallowed (3x), consecrated (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 468x
The KJV translates Strong's H6944 in the following manner: holy (262x), sanctuary (68x), (holy, hallowed, ...) things (52x), most (44x), holiness (30x), dedicated (5x), hallowed (3x), consecrated (1x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness

    1. apartness, sacredness, holiness

      1. of God

      2. of places

      3. of things

    2. set-apartness, separateness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh, ko'-desh; from H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:—consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
STRONGS H6944: Abbreviations
קֹ֫דֶשׁ(approximately 469 times) noun masculine apartness, sacredness (opposed to חֹל Leviticus 10:10 + 4 times Ezekiel); — absolute ק׳ Exodus 3:5 +; קוֺדֶשׁ Daniel 11:30; construct קֹדֶשׁ Exodus 30:36 +; suffix קָדְשִׁי Leviticus 20:3 +, etc.; plural קָֽדָשִׁים Exodus 29:37 +, הַקֳּדָשִׁים Exodus 26:33 +; construct קָדְשֵׁי Leviticus 22:15 +; suffix קָֽדָשַׁי Ezekiel 22:8 + 3 times, קֳדָשֶׁיךָ Deuteronomy 12:26, קֳדָשָׁיו Numbers 5:10; 2 Kings 12:19, קָֽדָשָׁיו 2 Chronicles 15:18, etc.; —
1. apartness, sacredness, holiness, of God:
a. of divine activity, synonym majesty, בַּקֹּדֶשׁ (of victory), Exodus 15:11 (song) Psalm 68:18; Psalm 77:14; זְרוֺעַ ק׳ holy arm Isaiah 52:10; Psalm 98:1.
b. to attest his word as inviolable נשׁבע בק׳ Amos 4:2; Psalm 89:36; compare דִּבְרֵי ק׳ Jeremiah 23:9, דְּבַר ק׳ Psalm 105:42.
c. of his name as sacred, inviolable, separate from all defilement, etc.: שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 22:2, Leviticus 22:32 (P), Amos 2:7; I Chronicles 16:10, I Chronicles 16:35; I Chronicles 29:16 + 9 times. Ezekiel; + 5 times Psalms; זֵכֶר ק׳ Psalm 30:5 = Psalm 97:12; and so...
d. רוּחַ קָדְשׁוֺ his holy Spirit Isaiah 63:10, Isaiah 63:11, compare Psalm 51:13.
2. of places set apart as sacred by God's presence:
a. heavenly abode; מעון ק׳ Deuteronomy 26:15; Jeremiah 25:30; Zechariah 2:13; II Chronicles 30:27; Psalm 68:6; הֵיכֵל ק׳ Micah 1:2; Habakkuk 2:20; Jonah 2:5; Jonah 2:8; Psalm 11:4; מְרוֺם ק׳ Psalm 102:20; זְבוּל ק׳ Isaiah 63:15; שְׁמֵי ק׳ Psalm 20:7 כסּא ק׳ Psalm 47:9; בְּקָדְשׁוֺ Psalm 150:1.
†b. on earth: אַדְמַת ק׳ Exodus 3:5 (E), compare Joshua 5:15 (JE) 2 Chronicles 8:11; הַר ק׳ אלהים Ezekiel 28:14.
c. (only P and Ch) the tabernacle and its courts Exodus 40:9; Numbers 3:28 +; tabernacle by itself Exodus 38:24; Leviticus 10:4 +; court Leviticus 10:17, Leviticus 10:18 + (so קדשׁ הקדשׁים Numbers 18:10); the outer room (specific designation; הַקּ׳) Exodus 26:33; Exodus 28:29 +; inner room Leviticus 4:6; Leviticus 16:2 +, but specific designation קדשׁ הקדשׁים Exodus 26:33, Exodus 26:34; I Chronicles 6:34; שֶׁקֶל הק׳ shekel of the sanctuary Exodus 30:13 + 24 times. P.
d. the temple and its precincts 2 Chronicles 29:7; Daniel 8:13 +; שָׂרֵי ק׳ Isaiah 43:28; 1 Chronicles 24:5; בְּקָדְשׁוֺ דכּר Psalm 60:8 = Psalm 108:8 (oracle; others by his holiness, as נשׁבעתי בקדשׁי Psalm 89:36), temple by itself II Chronicles 29:5; † בית (ה)ק׳ Isaiah 64:10; I Chronicles 29:3; † הֵיכַל קדשׁך Psalm 5:8 = Psalm 138:2; Psalm 79:1; הַקּ׳ outer room I Kings 8:10 II Chronicles 5:11; courts of priests Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:27 (twice in verse); †חצרות קדשׁי Isaiah 62:9; inner room Ezekiel 41:21, Ezekiel 41:23, specifically †דְּבִּיר קדשׁך Psalm 28:2; †הקדשׁים קדשׁ I Kings 6:16; I Kings 7:50; I Kings 8:6; II Chronicles 3:8, II Chronicles 3:10; II Chronicles 4:22; II Chronicles 5:7; Ezekiel 41:4; †לִשְׁכוֺת הַקּ׳ Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 44:19; Ezekiel 46:19 (see לִשְׁכָּךְ, [H3957 1. c.]).
† e. Jerusalem and its hills: מקום קדשׁו Ezra 9:8, עיר הק׳ Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1, Nehemiah 11:18, ע׳ קדשׁך Daniel 9:24, הר (ה)ק׳ Isaiah 11:9 + 6 times. Isaiah 2:3; Jeremiah 31:23; Ezekiel 20:40; Joel 2:1; Joel 3:17; Obadiah 1:16; Zephaniah 3:11; Zechariah 8:3; Daniel 9:16, Daniel 9:20; Daniel 11:45 + 6 times. Psalms; גְּבוּל ק׳ Psalm 78:54, הַרֲרֵי ק׳ Psalm 87:1 probably also Psalm 110:3, ק׳ of city and suburbs in Messianic future Jeremiah 31:40; Joel 3:17. Compare
f. (ה)קדשׁ of Zion Obadiah 1:17; Psalm 20:3; Psalm 24:3; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 68:25, ק׳ קדשׁים Ezekiel 43:12; נְוֵה ק׳ Exodus 15:13 of Zion (or Shiloh).
g. of holy land Zephaniah 3:4, אדמת הק׳ Zechariah 2:12, עָרֵי קדשׁך Isa 64:9; future portion of priests ק׳ Ezekiel 45:1 (twice in verse) + 11 times Ezekiel; קדשׁ קדשׁים Ezekiel 45:3; Ezekiel 48:12; of Levites קדשׁ Ezekiel 48:14.
3. things consecrated at sacred places:
a. furniture of tabernacle קדשׁ (ה)קדשׁים Exodus 30:10, Exodus 30:29; Numbers 4:4, Numbers 4:19; altar of burnt-offering Exodus 29:37; Exodus 40:10; Daniel 9:24; ארון הק׳ 2 Chronicles 35:3.
b. sacrifices of animals Numbers 18:17; Ezekiel 36:38; 2 Chronicles 29:33; sacrificial food Leviticus 21:22b Numbers 5:9 +; קדשׁים (ה) קדשׁ Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 2:10; Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 6:18; Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 7:1; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 10:12; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 14:13; Numbers 18:9 (twice in verse) (all P), Ezekiel 42:13 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 31:14; Ezra 2:63 = Nehemiah 7:65; tithe was קדשׁ Leviticus 27:30 +, also first loaves of new harvest Leviticus 23:20; fruit of trees of 4th year Leviticus 19:24.
c. any consecrated thing: || vows Deuteronomy 12:26; Proverbs 20:25 +; house Leviticus 27:14; field Leviticus 27:21; Leviticus 27:23; treasures consecrated to treasury of tabernacle or temple Joshua 6:19 (E) I Kings 7:51 +; consecrated things in general Exodus 28:38 (P), Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 22:8 +; these may be †(ה)קדשׁים קדשׁ Ezekiel 44:13, so חֵרֶם Leviticus 27:28.
d. anointing oil of priest Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse) + 5 times. (P), Psalm 89:21; incense Exodus 30:35; Exodus 30:37, ק׳ קדשׁים Exodus 30:36; shew-bread I Samuel 21:5, קדשׁ (ה)ק׳ Leviticus 24:9; compare Leviticus 21:22a (P); foretold of common articles, ק׳ לי׳ Zechariah 14:20; Zechariah 14:21. On ק׳ הקדשׁים see also DiExodus 26, 33 Leviticus 21, 22 Wecompare 160 f. DrDaniel 9:24.
4. persons sacred by connection with sacred places:
a. priests Leviticus 21:6; II Chronicles 23:6; II Chronicles 31:18; Ezra 8:28; garments of priesthood Exodus 28:2; Exodus 28:4; + 7 times. Exodus; Leviticus 16:4; Leviticus 16:32; Ezekiel 42:14; specifically of high priest כתנת ק׳ Leviticus 16:4, נֵזֶר הק׳ Exodus 29:6; Exodus 39:30; Leviticus 8:9; inscription on head piece קדשׁ ליהוה Exodus 28:36; Exodus 39:30.
b. of Israel, קדשׁ לי׳ Jeremiah 2:3, לקדשׁו היתה Psalm 114:2, עם (ה) קדשׁ Isaiah 62:12; Daniel 12:7, עם קדשׁך Isaiah 63:18; זֶרַע (ה) קדשׁ Isaiah 6:13; Ezra 9:2; אַנְשֵׁי קדשׁ Exodus 22:30 (R), and so spoil for their use Isaiah 23:18; holy adornment הַדְרַת ק׳ 1 Chronicles 16:29; 2 Chronicles 20:21; Psalm 29:2; Psalm 96:9; הַדְרֵי ק׳ Psalm 110:3 (but read הַרְרֵי see 2e; הָדָר 1); covenant between God and his people ברית ק׳ Daniel 11:28; Daniel 11:30 (twice in verse).
5. times consecrated to worship: שׁבת Exodus 16:23; Exodus 31:14; Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:2 (P) Nehemiah 9:14; of שׁבת also יום ק׳ Isaiah 58:13; distinguished from שׁבת Nehemiah 10:32; יובל Leviticus 25:12 (P); assembly called at stated times for worship מקרא(י) ק׳ Exodus 12:16 (twice in verse) + 17 times. Leviticus 23; Numbers 28 (all P).
† 6. of things and persons ceremonially cleansed, and so separated as sacred; things 1 Samuel 21:6; flesh Jeremiah 11:15; Malachi 2:11; priests cleanse thus, I Chronicles 23:13, בין (ה)קדש להל Ezekiel 22:26; Ezekiel 42:20; Ezekiel 44:23; בין הק׳ ובין החל Leviticus 10:10; הק׳ דֶּרֶך Isaiah 35:8 way of the clean; יְדֵכֶם ק׳ שְׂאוּ Psalm 134:2; לְבֵיתְךָ נַאֲוָהּ־קּֿ׳ Psalm 93:5. —
Note: מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ Deuteronomy 33:2 is literally from myriads of sacredness, sacred myriads; but || suggests proper name, of a location, Greek Version of the LXX σὺν μυριάσιν Καδής, < מִמְּרִבַת קָדֵשׁ from Maribah Kadesh Di Buhl Steuern; or (מִן omitted) to M. Kadesh WeProl. 364; 3rd ed. 359; Hist. 344; see H6946 קָדֵשׁ and DrDt.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

3:5; 3:5; 12:16; 15:11; 15:13; 16:23; 22:30; 26:33; 26:33; 26:33; 26:34; 28:2; 28:4; 28:29; 28:36; 28:38; 29:6; 29:37; 29:37; 30:10; 30:13; 30:25; 30:29; 30:35; 30:36; 30:36; 30:37; 31:14; 31:15; 35:2; 38:24; 39:30; 39:30; 40:9; 40:10

Leviticus

2:3; 2:10; 4:6; 6:10; 6:18; 6:22; 7:1; 7:6; 8:9; 10:4; 10:10; 10:10; 10:12; 10:17; 10:17; 10:18; 14:13; 16:2; 16:4; 16:4; 16:32; 19:24; 20:3; 20:3; 21:6; 21:22; 21:22; 22:2; 22:15; 22:32; 23:20; 24:9; 25:12; 27:14; 27:21; 27:23; 27:28; 27:30

Numbers

3:28; 4:4; 4:19; 5:9; 5:10; 18:9; 18:10; 18:17

Deuteronomy

12:26; 12:26; 26:15; 33:2

Joshua

5:15; 6:19

1 Samuel

21:5; 21:6

1 Kings

6:16; 7:50; 7:51; 8:6; 8:10

2 Kings

12:19

1 Chronicles

6:34; 16:10; 16:29; 16:35; 23:13; 24:5; 29:3; 29:16

2 Chronicles

3:8; 3:10; 4:22; 5:7; 5:11; 8:11; 15:18; 20:21; 23:6; 29:5; 29:7; 29:33; 30:27; 31:14; 31:18; 35:3

Ezra

2:63; 8:28; 9:2; 9:8

Nehemiah

7:65; 9:14; 10:32; 11:1; 11:18

Psalms

5:8; 11:4; 20:3; 20:7; 24:3; 28:2; 29:2; 30:5; 47:9; 51:13; 60:8; 63:3; 68:6; 68:18; 68:25; 77:14; 78:54; 79:1; 87:1; 89:21; 89:36; 89:36; 93:5; 96:9; 97:12; 98:1; 102:20; 105:42; 108:8; 110:3; 110:3; 114:2; 134:2; 138:2; 150:1

Proverbs

20:25

Isaiah

6:13; 11:9; 23:18; 35:8; 43:28; 48:2; 52:1; 52:10; 58:13; 62:9; 62:12; 63:10; 63:11; 63:15; 63:18; 64:9; 64:10

Jeremiah

2:3; 11:15; 23:9; 25:30; 31:23; 31:40

Ezekiel

20:40; 20:40; 22:8; 22:8; 22:26; 28:14; 36:38; 41:4; 41:21; 41:23; 42:13; 42:13; 42:14; 42:14; 42:20; 43:12; 44:13; 44:19; 44:23; 44:27; 45:1; 45:3; 46:19; 48:12; 48:14

Daniel

8:13; 9:16; 9:20; 9:24; 9:24; 11:28; 11:30; 11:30; 11:45; 12:7

Joel

2:1; 3:17; 3:17

Amos

2:7; 4:2

Obadiah

1:16; 1:17

Jonah

2:5; 2:8

Micah

1:2

Habakkuk

2:20

Zephaniah

3:4; 3:11

Zechariah

2:12; 2:13; 8:3; 14:20; 14:21

Malachi

2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6944 matches the Hebrew קֹדֶשׁ (qōḏeš),
which occurs 57 times in 38 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:39 - “ ‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings and your choice gifts,[fn] along with all your holy sacrifices.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8 - You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:14 - You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:20 - And wherever they went among the nations they profaned my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the LORD’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:22 - “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - as numerous as the flocks for offerings at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:7 - “ ‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:25 - “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob[fn] and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:21 - The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:23 - Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - Then he said to me, “The north and south rooms facing the temple courtyard are the priests’ rooms, where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings[fn] and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - Once the priests enter the holy precincts, they are not to go into the outer court until they leave behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they go near the places that are for the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings[fn] for their kings at their death.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:8 - When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:12 - “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:8 - Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - They are not to come near to serve me as priests or come near any of my holy things or my most holy offerings; they must bear the shame of their detestable practices.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated through contact with their garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:23 - They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:27 - On the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary to minister in the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering[fn] for himself, declares the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 - “ ‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to the LORD a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits[fn] long and 20,000[fn] cubits[fn] wide; the entire area will be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - Of this, a section 500 cubits[fn] square is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits[fn] around it for open land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[fn] wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:4 - It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:6 - “ ‘You are to give the city as its property an area 5,000 cubits[fn] wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjoining the sacred portion; it will belong to all Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:7 - “ ‘The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side, running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel to one of the tribal portions.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 - Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north, which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10 - This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:12 - It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:18 - What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:20 - The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 - “What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them.
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