Qâdash — H6942

H6942 · Hebrew — קדש

Pronunciation: kaw-dash'

Definition

verb

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

  1. to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate
    1. (Qal)
      1. to be set apart, be consecrated
      2. to be hallowed
      3. consecrated, tabooed
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to show oneself sacred or majestic
      2. to be honoured, be treated as sacred
      3. to be holy
    3. (Piel)
      1. to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate
      2. to observe as holy, keep sacred
      3. to honour as sacred, hallow
      4. to consecrate
    4. (Pual)
      1. to be consecrated
      2. consecrated, dedicated
    5. (Hiphil)
      1. to set apart, devote, consecrate
      2. to regard or treat as sacred or hallow
      3. to consecrate
    6. (Hithpael)
      1. to keep oneself apart or separate
      2. to cause Himself to be hallowed (of God)
      3. to be observed as holy
      4. to consecrate oneself

Usually translated as

sanctify, hallow, prepare, holy, dedicate, consecrate, bid, proclaim, appoint, defile, holer, keep, purify, sanctified one, wholly

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Qâdash occurs 171 times in 152 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (25), Leviticus (29), Numbers (10), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (3), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (20), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (3), Job (1), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (9), Ezekiel (14), Joel (4), Micah (1), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Q