קָדוֹשׁ
qa.dosh (H6918G)
holy
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# Analysis of קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh) The Hebrew word *qadosh* appears 109 times in the biblical text and is standardly translated as "holy." Based on its frequency and distribution across such a substantial corpus, this term represents a foundational concept in Hebrew religious vocabulary. The consistency of its translation across diverse contexts suggests a core semantic meaning that remained stable throughout the biblical period, despite potential variations in specific applications. The term's high frequency—appearing over one hundred times—indicates that the concept of holiness was central to biblical thought and communication. This prominence alone suggests that *qadosh* expressed something essential to how ancient Hebrew speakers understood religious reality, whether referring to persons, places, objects, or divine attributes. The word's repeated use across different literary genres and time periods within the biblical canon demonstrates its sustained importance as a theological category. Without access to the specific contextual occurrences, we can note that *qadosh* functioned as a key term for marking religious distinction and sacred status in Hebrew literature. Its consistent translation equivalence across English versions confirms that translators recognized a unified concept beneath its varied applications, making it one of the most significant vocabulary items for understanding ancient Hebrew religious ideology.
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and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
“You shall take the ram of consecration and boil its meat in a holy place.
That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons’ portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; for so I am commanded.
For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, put on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.
“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
“ ‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.
You shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.
“ ‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.
It shall be for Aaron and his sons. They shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute.”
The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and the priest shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
“ ‘All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
All the days of his separation he is holy to Yahweh.
so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”
He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
for Yahweh your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
There is no one as holy as Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”
Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Yahweh, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. It will no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel.
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “Today is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Let still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
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