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GreekG0040Adjective

ἅγιος

hagios

219Occurrences
G0040Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)

from (an awful thing) (compare G53 (ἁγνός), G2282 (θάλπω));

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
primarily, dedicated to the gods, sacred (Hdt.; rare in Att., never in Hom., Hes. and Trag., who use ἁγνός), hence, holy, characteristic of God, separated to God, worthy of veneration.
1.Its highest application is to God himself, in his purity, majesty, and glory
(b)of persons employed by him, as angels
2.Applied to persons as separated to God's service
(b)of Christians
3.In the moral sense of sharing God's purity
4.Of pure, clean sacrifices and offerings
Synonyms
ἁγνός, pure, both in ceremonial and spiritual sense; *ἱερός *(sacer), sacred, that which is inviolable because of its (external) relation to God; *ὅσιος *(sanctus as opposite to nefas), that which is based on everlasting ordinances of right.
LXX: chiefly for קֹ֫דֶשׁ

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἅγιος appears 219 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
54
Revelation
24
Luke
19
Romans
18
Ephesians
15
1 Corinthians
13
Matthew
11
Hebrews
8

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:2BSB

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Acts 1:5BSB

For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 7:55BSB

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

John 6:69BSB

We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”

Philemon 1:7BSB

I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

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