ἅγιος, , (from τό ἀγός religious awe, reverence; ἄζω, ἅζομαι, to venerate, revere, especially the gods, parents (Curtius, § 118)), rare in secular authors; very frequent in the sacred writings; in the Sept. for χΘγεωΡ; 1. properly reverend, worthy of veneration: τό ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luk_1:49; god, on account of his incomparable majesty, Rev_4:8 (Isa_6:3, etc.), equivalent to ἔνδοξος. Hence, used: a. of things which on account of some connection with god possess a certain distinction and claim to reverence, as places sacred to god which are not to be profaned, Act_7:33; τόπος ἅγιος the temple, Mat_24:15 (on which passage see βδέλυγμα, c.); Act_6:13; Act_21:28; the holy land or Palestine, 2Ma_1:29 2Ma_2:18; τό ἅγιον and τά ἅγια (Winer's grammar, 177 (167)) the temple, Heb_9:1; Heb_9:24 (cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 2, p. 477f); specifically that part of the temple or tabernacle which is called 'the holy place' (ξΔχΐγΘΜωΡ, Eze_37:28; Eze_45:18), Heb_9:2 (here Rec.st reads ἅγια); ἅγια ἁγίων (Winer's grammar, 246 (231), cf. Exo_29:37; Exo_30:10, etc.) the most hallowed portion of the temple, 'the holy of holies,' (Exo_26:33 (cf. Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 4)), Heb_9:3, in reference to which the simple τά ἅγια is also used: Heb_9:8; Heb_9:25; Heb_10:19; Heb_13:11; figuratively of heaven, Heb_8:2; Heb_9:8; Heb_9:12; Heb_10:19; ἅγια πόλις Jerusalem, on account of the temple there, Mat_4:5; Mat_27:53; Rev_11:2; Rev_21:2; Rev_22:19 (Isa_48:2; Neh_11:1; Neh_11:18 (Complutensian LXX), etc.); τό ὄρος τό ἅγιον, because Christ's transfiguration occurred there, 2Pe_1:18; ἡ (Θεοῦ) ἅγια διαθήκη i. e. which is the more sacred because made by god himself, Luk_1:72; τό ἅγιον, that worshipful offspring of divine power, Luk_1:35; the blessing of the gospel, Mat_7:6; ἁγιωτάτῃ πίστις, faith (quae creditur i. e. the object of faith) which came from god and is therefore to be heeded most sacredly, Jud_1:20; in the same sense ἅγια ἐντολή, 2Pe_2:21; κλῆσις ἅγια, because it is the invitation of god and claims us as his, 2Ti_1:9; ἅγιαι γραφαί (τά βιβλία τά ἅγια, 1Ma_12:9), which came from God and contain his Words, Rom_1:2. b. of persons whose services god employs; as for example, apostles, Eph_3:5; angels, 1Th_3:13; Mat_25:31 (Rec.); Rev_14:10; Jud_1:14; prophets, Act_3:21; Luk_1:70 (Wis_11:1); (οἱ) ἅγιοι (τοῦ) Θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι, 2Pe_1:21 (R g L Tr text); worthies of the O. T. accepted by god for their piety, Mat_27:52; 1Pe_3:5. 2. set apart for god, to be, as it were, exclusively his; followed by a genitive or a dative: τῷ κυρίῳ, Luk_2:23; τοῦ Θεοῦ (equivalent to ἐκλεκτός τοῦ Θεοῦ) of Christ, Mar_1:24; Luk_4:34, and according to the true reading in Joh_6:69, cf. Joh_10:36; he is called also ὁ ἅγιος παῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Act_4:30, and simply ὁ ἅγιος, 1Jn_2:20. Just as the Israelites claimed for themselves the title οἱ ἅγιοι, because god selected them from the other nations to lead a life acceptable to him and rejoice in his favor and protection (Dan_7:18; Dan_7:22; 2Es_8:28), so this appellation is very often in the N. T. transferred to Christians, as those whom god has selected ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου (Joh_17:14; Joh_17:16), that under the influence of the Holy Spirit they may be rendered, through holiness, partakers of salvation in the kingdom of god: 1Pe_2:9 (Exo_19:6), cf. Exo_19:5; Act_9:13; Act_9:32; Act_9:41; Act_26:10; Rom_1:7; Rom_8:27; Rom_12:13; Rom_16:15; 1Co_6:1-2; Php_4:21; Col_1:12; Heb_6:10; Jud_1:3; Rev_5:8, etc.; (cf. B. D. American edition under the word ). 3. of sacrifices and offerings; prepared for god with solemn rite, pure, clean (opposed to ἀκάθαρτος): 1Co_7:14 (cf. Eph_5:3); connected with ἄμωμος, Eph_1:4; Eph_5:27; Col_1:22; ἀπαρχή, Rom_11:16; θυσία, Rom_12:1. Hence, 4. in a moral sense, pure, sinless, upright, holy: 1Pe_1:16 (Lev_19:2; Lev_11:44); 1Co_7:34; δίκαιος καί ἅγιος, of John the Baptist, Mar_6:20; ἅγιος καί δίκαιος, of Christ, Act_3:14; distinctively of him, Rev_3:7; Rev_6:10; of god pre-eminently, 1Pe_1:15; Joh_17:11; ἅγιαι ἀναστροφαί, 2Pe_3:11; νόμος and ἐντολή, i. e. containing nothing exceptionable, Rom_7:12; φίλημα, such a kiss as is a sign of the purest love, 1Th_5:26; 1Co_16:20; 2Co_13:12; Rom_16:16. On the phrase τό ἅγιον πνεῦμα and τό πνεῦμα τό ἅγιον, see πνεῦμα, 4 a. Cf. Diestel, Die Heiligkeit gottes, in Jahrbb. f. deutsch. Theol. iv., p. 1ff; (Baudissin, Stud. z. Semitisch. Religionsgesch. Heft ii., p. 3ff; Delitzsch in Herzog edition 2, see 714ff; especially) Cremer, Wörterbuch, 4te Aufl., p. 32ff (translation of 2nd edition, p. 84ff; Oehler in Herzog 19:618ff; Zezschwitz, Profangräcität as above with, p. 15ff; Trench, § lxxxviii; Campbell, Dissertations, diss. vi., part iv.; especially Schmidt, chapter 181).

ἅγιος hagios 233x s eparate from common condition and use; dedicated. Luk_2:23 ; hallowed; used of things, τὰ ἅγια , the sanctuary; and of persons, saints, e.g., members of the first Christian communities; pure, righteous, ceremonially or morally; holy consecrate; holy; sacred; saint; sanctify

Neuter of G40

ἅγιος, -α, ον (τό ἅγός, religious awe; ἅζω, to venerate), [in LXX chiefly for קֹ֫דֶשׁ ;] 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: Luk.1:49, Jhn.17:11, Rev.4:8. Hence __(a) of things and places which have a claim to reverence as sacred to God, e.g. the Temple: Mat.24:15, Heb.9:1; __(b) of persons employed by him, as angels: 1Th.3:13; prophets, Luk.1:70; apostles, Eph.3:5. __2. Applied to persons as separated to God's service: __(a) of Christ, Mrk.1:24, Jhn.6:69, Act.4:30; __(b) of Christians, Act.9:13, Rom.1:7, Heb.6:10, Rev.5:8. __3. In the moral sense of sharing God's purity: Mrk.6:20, Jhn.17:11, Act.3:14, Rev.3:7. __4. Of pure, clean sacrifices and offerings: 1Co.7:14, Eph.1:4. SYN.: 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. (Cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxviii; DB, ii, 399 f.; Cremer, 34, 594-601; MM, VGT, see word) (AS)