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HebrewH6942Verb

קָדַשׁ

qa.dash

144Occurrences
H6942Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
consecate/sanctify 1) to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be set apart, be consecrated 1a2) to be hallowed 1a3) consecrated, tabooed 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to show oneself sacred or majestic 1b2) to be honoured, be treated as sacred 1b3) to be holy 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate 1c2) to observe as holy, keep sacred 1c3) to honour as sacred, hallow 1c4) to consecrate 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be consecrated 1d2) consecrated, dedicated 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to set apart, devote, consecrate 1e2) to regard or treat as sacred or hallow 1e3) to consecrate 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to keep oneself apart or separate 1f2) to cause Himself to be hallowed (of God) 1f3) to be observed as holy 1f4) to consecrate oneself

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

קָדַשׁ appears 144 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
27
Exodus
25
2 Chronicles
19
Ezk
14
Jeremiah
9
Numbers
8
1 Chronicles
7
Isaiah
7

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:12BSB

And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

2 Chronicles 7:7BSB

Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not contain all these offerings.

Exodus 30:29BSB

You are to consecrate them so that they will be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.

Isaiah 65:5BSB

They say, ‘Keep to yourself;do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’Such people are smoke in My nostrils,a fire that burns all day long.

Leviticus 22:2BSB

“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.

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