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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 Box Exo 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:6 - And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:31 - “Take the ram used in the ordination ceremony, and boil its meat in a sacred place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - Aaron and his sons may eat the rest of the flour, but it must be baked without yeast and eaten in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26 - The priest who offers the sacrifice as a sin offering must eat his portion in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27 - Anyone or anything that touches the sacrificial meat will become holy. If any of the sacrificial blood spatters on a person’s clothing, the soiled garment must be washed in a sacred place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:6 - Any male from a priest’s family may eat the meat. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13 - You must eat it in a sacred place, for it has been given to you and your descendants as your portion of the special gifts presented to the LORD. These are the commands I have been given.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - For I am the LORD your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:45 - For I, the LORD, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:24 - Then he must bathe himself with water in a sacred place, put on his regular garments, and go out to sacrifice a burnt offering for himself and a burnt offering for the people. Through this process, he will purify himself and the people, making them right with the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:2 - “Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must 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 - So set yourselves apart to be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:26 - You must be holy because I, the LORD, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:6 - They must be set apart as holy to their God and must never bring shame on the name of God. They must be holy, for they are the ones who present the special gifts to the LORD, gifts of food for their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - “Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:8 - You must treat them as holy because they offer up food to your God. You must consider them holy because I, the LORD, am holy, and I make you holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:9 - The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - He must take some holy water in a clay jar and pour into it dust he has taken from the Tabernacle floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - “They must never cut their hair throughout the time of their vow, for they are holy and set apart to the LORD. Until the time of their vow has been fulfilled, they must let their hair grow long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:8 - This requirement applies as long as they are set apart to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:40 - The tassels will help you remember that you must obey all my commands and be holy to your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:3 - They united against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have gone too far! The whole community of Israel has been set apart by the LORD, and he is with all of us. What right do you have to act as though you are greater than the rest of the LORD’s people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:5 - Then he said to Korah and his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will show us who belongs to him[fn] and who is holy. The LORD will allow only those whom he selects to enter his own presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - Light fires in them tomorrow, and burn incense before the LORD. Then we will see whom the LORD chooses as his holy one. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:8 - The LORD gave these further instructions to Aaron: “I myself have put you in charge of all the holy offerings that are brought to me by the people of Israel. I have given all these consecrated offerings to you and your sons as your permanent share.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:32 - You will not be considered guilty for accepting the LORD’s tithes if you give the best portion to the priests. But be careful not to treat the holy gifts of the people of Israel as though they were common. If you do, you will die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:6 - For you are a holy people, who belong to the LORD your God. Of all the people on earth, the LORD your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2 - You have been set apart as holy to the LORD your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the LORD your God.
“You must 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 - The camp must be holy, for the LORD your God moves around in your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies. He must not see any shameful thing among you, or he will turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - And if you do, he will set you high above all the other nations he has made. Then you will receive praise, honor, and renown. You will be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, just as he promised.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:9 - “If you obey the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways, the LORD will establish you as his holy people as he swore he would do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - Indeed, he loves his people;[fn]
all his holy ones are in his hands.
They follow in his steps
and accept his teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - Then Joshua warned the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy and 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 - No one is 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 - “Who is able to stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God?” they cried out. “Where can we send the Ark from here?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - She said to her husband, “I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22 - “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He issued this order to the Levites, who were to teach all Israel and who had been set apart to serve the LORD: “Put the holy Ark in the Temple that was built by Solomon son of David, the king of Israel. You no longer need to carry it back and forth on your shoulders. Now spend your time serving the LORD your God and his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don’t mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the LORD your God.” For the people had all 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 - And Nehemiah[fn] continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - And the Levites, too, quieted the people, telling them, “Hush! Don’t weep! For this is a sacred day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:1 - “Cry for help, but will anyone answer you?
Which of the angels[fn] will help you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - Look, God does not even trust the angels.[fn]
Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - The godly people in the land
are my true heroes!
I take pleasure in them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:3 - Yet you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:9 - Fear the LORD, you his godly people,
for those who fear him will have all they need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - A river brings joy to the city of our God,
the sacred home of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4 - What joy for those you choose to bring near,
those who live in your holy courts.
What festivities await us
inside your holy Temple.

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