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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
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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

H6944

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Strong's Number H6944 matches the Hebrew קֹדֶשׁ (qōḏeš),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:13 - If there are yet a tenth in it, It also shall in turn be eaten up: As a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains, when they are felled; So the holy seed is its stock."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9 - They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the eretz shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:18 - Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13 - It shall happen in that day, that a great shofar shall be blown; and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Ashshur, and those who were outcasts in the land of Mitzrayim; and they shall worship the LORD in the holy mountain at Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - A highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for for him who walks in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:28 - Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Ya`akov a curse, and Yisra'el a reviling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:2 - (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Yisra'el; the LORD of Hosts is his name):

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:1 - Awake, awake, put on your strength, Tziyon; put on your beautiful garments, Yerushalayim, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The LORD has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the eretz have seen the yeshu`ah of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:7 - even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13 - When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - If you turn away your foot from the Shabbat, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Shabbat a delight, and the holy of the LORD honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:9 - but those who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:12 - They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:11 - Then he remembered the days of old, Moshe and his people, saying, Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15 - Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - Your holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 - Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Tziyon is become a wilderness, Yerushalayim a desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:11 - Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:11 - But you who forsake the LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20 - They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to the LORD, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Yerushalayim, says the LORD, as the children of Yisra'el bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
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