קָדַשׁqâdash
be set apart, consecrated
Pronunciation: kaw-dash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6942
Meanings
Qal
1. be set apart, consecrated, hallowed (1 Samuel 21:6; Exodus 29:21; Isaiah 65:5)
2. be hallowed, by contact with sacred things, and so tabooed from profane use, of forfeited to sanctuary (Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:29; Leviticus 6:11)
3. consecrated, tabooed (Deuteronomy 22:9)
Niph`al
1. shew oneself sacred, majestic (Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 36:23)
2. be honoured or treated as sacred (Leviticus 10:3; Leviticus 22:32)
3. be consecrated, dedicated (Exodus 29:43)
Pi`el
1. set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate
a. places (Exodus 19:23; Exodus 29:36; Exodus 29:37)
b. wave-offering (Exodus 29:27)
c. persons (Exodus 28:3; Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:1)
d. 7th day (by God) (Genesis 2:3; Exodus 20:11)
2. observe as holy, keep sacred (Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12; Jeremiah 17:22)
3. honour as sacred, hallow
a. God (Deuteronomy 32:51; Exodus 36:23)
b priest (Leviticus 21:8)
4. consecrate, by purification
a. places (2 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Chronicles 29:17; Leviticus 16:19)
b. people (Joshua 7:13; Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 46:20)
c. war, or warriors, from custom of opening campaign by sacrifice (Jeremiah 6:4; Joel 4:9; Micah 3:5)
d. of God, keeping his people pure and sacred (Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 20:8; Leviticus 21:8)
Pu`al: consecrated, dedicated (Ezekiel 48:11; 2 Chronicles 26:18; 2 Chronicles 31:6)
Hiph`il: construct (Zephaniah 1:7; Leviticus 27:16; Leviticus 27:14)
1. set apart, devote, consecrate
a. places (2 Chronicles 2:3; Joshua 20:7)
b. things (Exodus 28:28; Leviticus 22:2; Leviticus 22:3)
c. of God (1 Kings 9:3; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:16)
2. regard, or treat, as sacred, hallow (Isaiah 8:13; Isaiah 29:23; Numbers 20:12)
3. consecrate, by purification (2 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 30:17; Zephaniah 1:7)
Hithpa`el
1. keep oneself apart (Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7)
2. cause himself to be hallowed, of God (Ezekiel 38:23)
3. be observed as holy (Isaiah 30:29)
4. consecrate oneself, by purification (Exodus 19:22; 1 Chronicles 15:12; 1 Chronicles 15:14)
Same root
- מִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh · H4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
- קָדוֹשׁqâdôwsh · H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
- קֶדֶשׁQedesh · H6943Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine
- קֹדֶשׁqôdesh · H6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- קָדֵשׁqâdêsh · H6945a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry
Where it appears
Appears 171 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
- Exodus 13:2 “Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.”
- Exodus 19:10 Then the Lord told Moses, “Go down and prepare the people for my arrival. Consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing.
- Exodus 19:14 So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.
- Exodus 19:22 Even the priests who regularly come near to the Lord must purify themselves so that the Lord does not break out and destroy them.”
- Exodus 19:23 “But Lord,” Moses protested, “the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai. You already warned us. You told me, ‘Mark off a boundary all around the mountain to set it apart as holy.’”
See every passage
- Genesis 2:3
- Exodus 13:2, 19:10, 19:14, 19:22, 19:23, 20:8, 20:11, 28:3, 28:38, 28:41, 29:1, 29:21, 29:27, 29:33, 29:36, 29:37, 29:43, 29:44, 30:29, 30:30, 31:13, 40:9, 40:10, 40:11, 40:13
- Leviticus 6:18, 6:27, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 8:15, 8:30, 10:3, 11:44, 16:19, 20:7, 20:8, 21:8, 21:15, 21:23, 22:2, 22:3, 22:9, 22:16, 22:32, 25:10, 27:14, 27:15, 27:16, 27:17, 27:18, 27:19, 27:22, 27:26
- Numbers 3:13, 6:11, 7:1, 8:17, 11:18, 16:37, 16:38, 20:12, 20:13, 27:14
- Deuteronomy 5:12, 15:19, 22:9, 32:51
- Joshua 3:5, 7:13, 20:7
- Judges 17:3
- 1 Samuel 7:1, 16:5, 21:5
- 2 Samuel 8:11, 11:4
- 1 Kings 8:64, 9:3, 9:7
- 2 Kings 10:20, 12:18
- 1 Chronicles 15:12, 15:14, 18:11, 23:13, 26:26, 26:27, 26:28
- 2 Chronicles 2:4, 5:11, 7:7, 7:16, 7:20, 26:18, 29:5, 29:15, 29:17, 29:19, 29:34, 30:3, 30:8, 30:15, 30:17, 30:24, 31:6, 31:18, 35:6, 36:14
- Ezra 3:5
- Nehemiah 3:1, 12:47, 13:22
- Job 1:5
- Isaiah 5:16, 8:13, 13:3, 29:23, 30:29, 65:5, 66:17
- Jeremiah 1:5, 6:4, 12:3, 17:22, 17:24, 17:27, 22:7, 51:27, 51:28
- Ezekiel 20:12, 20:20, 20:41, 28:22, 28:25, 36:23, 37:28, 38:16, 38:23, 39:27, 44:19, 44:24, 46:20, 48:11
- Joel 1:14, 2:15, 2:16, 3:9
- Micah 3:5
- Zephaniah 1:7
- Haggai 2:12
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