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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 467 times in 380 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 8 / 8 (Eze 48:21–Mal 2:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 - “The rest shall belong to the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city’s property, next to the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy district as far as the eastern border, and westward next to the twenty-five thousand as far as the western border, adjacent to the tribal portions; it shall belong to the prince. It shall be the holy district, and the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, “How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:14 - And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days;[fn] then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16 - “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:20 - Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 - “Seventy weeks[fn] are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of[fn] sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - “And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:28 - “While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:30 - “For ships from Cyprus[fn] shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:45 - “And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:1 - Blow the trumpet in Zion,
And sound an alarm in My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;
For the day of the LORD is coming,
For it is at hand:
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:17 - “So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - They pant after[fn] the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
And pervert the way of the humble.
A man and his father go in to the same girl,
To defile My holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:2 - The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness:
“Behold, the days shall come upon you
When He will take you away with fishhooks,
And your posterity with fishhooks.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:16 - For as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:17 - “But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;
Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:7 - “When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the LORD;
And my prayer went up to You,
Into Your holy temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:2 - Hear, all you peoples!
Listen, O earth, and all that is in it!
Let the Lord GOD be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:20 - “But the LORD is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4 - Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people;
Her priests have polluted the sanctuary,
They have done violence to the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:11 - In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds
In which you transgress against Me;
For then I will take away from your midst
Those who rejoice in your pride,
And you shall no longer be haughty
In My holy mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - “If one carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any food, will it become holy?” ’ ” Then the priests answered and said, “No.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:12 - “And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:13 - “Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3 - “Thus says the LORD:

‘I will return to Zion,
And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth,
The Mountain of the LORD of hosts,
The Holy Mountain.’
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 - In that day “HOLINESS TO THE LORD” shall be engraved on the bells of the horses. The pots in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21 - Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to the LORD of hosts.[fn] Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and cook in them. In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has dealt treacherously,
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has profaned
The LORD’s holy institution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.

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