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GreekG0038Noun (Masculine)

ἁγιασμός

hagiasmos

10Occurrences
G0038Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

from G37 (ἁγιάζω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
as an active verbal noun in -μός, it signifies properly the process τὸ ἁγιάζειν, rather than the resultant state, ἁγιωσύνη, hence
1.consecration
2.sanctification
LXX: (מִקְדָּשׁ), etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ἁγιασμός appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Thessalonians
3
Romans
2
1 Corinthians
1
1 Peter
1
1 Timothy
1
2 Thessalonians
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:30BSB

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

1 Thessalonians 4:3BSB

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

1 Thessalonians 4:7BSB

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

2 Thessalonians 2:13BSB

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

Romans 6:19BSB

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.