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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 17 times in 15 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:49

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But Aaron and his sons offered offerings up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Holy H6944 of Holies H6944, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary H6944 and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:10

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Boast in His holy H6944 name;

Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:29

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Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;

Lift up [fn]an offering, and come before Him;

Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness H6944.

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Then say, “Save us, O God of our salvation,

And gather us and deliver us from among the nations,

To give thanks to Your holy H6944 name

And revel in Your praise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - “Now give your heart and your soul to seek Yahweh your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the holy H6944 vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of Yahweh.”

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The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated in order to sanctify him as most H6944 holy H6944, he and his sons forever, to offer offerings up in smoke before Yahweh, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For their station is to be on hand for the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts and in the chambers and in the cleansing of all holy H6944 things H6944, even the work of the service of the house of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - Thus they shall keep responsibility of the tent of meeting, and responsibility of the holy H6944 place, and responsibility of the sons of Aaron their [fn]relatives, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:5 - Thus they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were leaders for the sanctuary H6944 and leaders for God, both from the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.

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[fn]As for the Levites, Ahijhah was over the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the holy H6944 gifts H6944.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - This Shelomoth and his relatives were over all the treasures of the holy H6944 gifts H6944 which King David and the heads of the fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had set apart as holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:12 - and the pattern of all that he had in [fn]mind, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding chambers, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the holy H6944 things H6944;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3 - “Moreover, in my pleasure in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already prepared for the holy H6944 [fn]house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:16 - “O Yahweh our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy H6944 name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours.
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