ἁγιασμόςhagiasmós
as an active verbal noun in -μός, it signifies properly the process τὸ ἁγιάζειν, rather than the resultant state, ἁγιωσύνη, hence
Greek (New Testament) · G38
Meanings
1. consecration
2. sanctification: so strictly in Romans 6:19, Romans 6:22 (but see Meyer), 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Peter 1:2. Elsewhere it perhaps inclines to the resultant state: 1 Thessalonians 4:4, 1 Timothy 2:15.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Romans 6:19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
- Romans 6:22 But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3 God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor—
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7 God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.