Qôdesh — H6944

H6944 · Hebrew — קדש

Pronunciation: ko'-desh

Definition

masculine noun

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

  1. apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness
    1. apartness, sacredness, holiness
      1. of God
      2. of places
      3. of things
    2. set-apartness, separateness

Usually translated as

holy, sanctuary, holiness, dedicated, hallowed, consecrated, saint

Origin

from H6942

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Qôdesh occurs 451 times in 366 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (51), Leviticus (62), Numbers (42), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (8), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (15), 2 Chronicles (24), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (6), Psalms (45), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (23), Jeremiah (6), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (38), Daniel (10), Joel (2), Amos (2), Obadiah (2), Jonah (2), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (2), Haggai (1), Zechariah (5), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Q