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H6942
Hebrew
Original Word
קָדַשׁTransliteration
qâdash
Pronunciation
kaw-dash'
Definition
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally); appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), [idiom] wholly.
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Vine's Expository Dictionary
Holy
"holy." The Semitic languages have two separate original forms of the root. The one signifies "pure" and "devoted," as in Akkadian qadistu and in Hebr…
Sanctify (To)
"to sanctify, be holy." This verb also appears in Phoenician, biblical Aramaic, and Ethiopic. In Ugaritic q-d-s signifies "sanctuary," and in Old Baby…