Quick Definition
holy
Strong's Definition
sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
Derivation: or קָדֹשׁ; from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);
KJV Usage: holy (One), saint.
TWOT Reference: 1990b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָדוֹשׁ (qa.dosh) — holy. : holy sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart
קָדוֹשׁ (qa.dosh) — holy: saint. : saint/priest sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart A sub-meaning of qa.dosh (קָדוֹשׁ ": holy" H6918)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · קדשׁ
Holy | ≠ חלל
holy = state in which a deity differs from humans and other deities in that he cannot be associated with anything that is in any way profane or tainted by sin or other impurities, which is a quality that he desires to see in everything else as well
LEV 11:44 · LEV 11:45 · LEV 19:2 · LEV 20:26 · LEV 21:8 · JOS 24:19 · 1SA 2:2 · 1SA 6:20 · 2KI 19:22 · JOB 6:10 · PSA 22:4 · PSA 71:22 · PSA 78:41 · PSA 89:19 · PSA 99:3 · PSA 99:5 · PSA 99:9 · PSA 111:9 · PRO 9:10 · PRO 30:3 · ISA 1:4 · ISA 5:16 · ISA 5:19 · ISA 5:24 · ISA 6:3 · ISA 6:3 · ISA 6:3 · ISA 10:17 · ISA 10:20 · ISA 12:6 · ISA 17:7 · ISA 29:19 · ISA 29:23 · ISA 30:11 · ISA 30:12 · ISA 30:15 · ISA 31:1 · ISA 37:23 · ISA 40:25 · ISA 41:14 · ISA 41:16 · ISA 41:20 · ISA 43:3 · ISA 43:14 · ISA 43:15 · ISA 45:11 · ISA 47:4 · ISA 48:17 · ISA 49:7 · ISA 49:7 · ISA 54:5 · ISA 55:5 · ISA 57:15 · ISA 57:15 · ISA 60:9 · ISA 60:14 · JER 50:29 · JER 51:5 · EZK 39:7 · HOS 11:9 · HOS 12:1 · HAB 1:12 · HAB 3:3
Holy
consecrated, holy = state in which people, objects and places have undergone the rituals that are required to make them fit to be in the presence of God or to be used in his service
EXO 29:31 · LEV 6:9 · LEV 6:19 · LEV 6:20 · LEV 7:6 · LEV 10:13 · LEV 16:24 · LEV 21:6 · LEV 21:7 · LEV 21:8 · LEV 24:9 · NUM 5:17 · NUM 6:5 · NUM 6:8 · NUM 16:3 · NUM 16:5 · NUM 16:7 · 2KI 4:9 · 2CH 35:3 · PSA 46:5 · PSA 65:5 · PSA 106:16 · ECC 8:10 · EZK 42:13
Dissociate
set apart, holy literally: holy; hence: = state in which people have separated themselves from others ► in order to live their life in conformity to God's commandments
EXO 19:6 · LEV 11:44 · LEV 11:45 · LEV 19:2 · LEV 20:7 · LEV 20:26 · NUM 15:40 · DEU 7:6 · DEU 14:2 · DEU 14:21 · DEU 23:15 · DEU 26:19 · DEU 28:9 · NEH 8:9 · NEH 8:10 · NEH 8:11 · ISA 4:3 · ISA 58:13
People
set apart > saint literally: holy one; hence: = human being in the service of God and therefore set apart from other people
1 PRO 30:3 Some interprete this to refer to God himself (= [a]), some to the "holy ones" (= [c]) 2 JOB 15:15 MT-K בקדשׁו | MT-Q בִּקְדֹשָׁיו 3 ECC 8:10 The actual meaning of this verse is unsure | some commentators believe that קָדֹושׁ refers to a burial place
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָדוֹשׁ adj. sacred, holy base