ἅγιον hagion · G0039G

Holy Place

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, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἅγιος [ᾰ], α, ον, ; devoted to the gods: ; I in good sense, sacred, holy: ; I.1 of things, especially temples, ἈΦροδίτης ἱρὸν ἅ.[]; ἱρο᾽ν Ἡρακλέος ἅ.[]; μητρός.. ἐστι πατρὶς ἁγιώτερον[]; ἅ., τό, temple, []Holy of Holies, []; I.2 of persons, holy, pure, [] οἱ ἅ. the Saints, [] πνεῦμα ἅ. the Holy Spirit, [] adverb ἁγίως καὶ σεμνῶς ἔχειν[]; II in bad sense, accursed, execrable, []; rare in Attic dialect (see. above). (Possibly cognate with Sanskrit yajati 'sacrifice'.)

Where it's used 9 times

Hebrews 8:2 · Hebrews 9:1 · Hebrews 9:2 · Hebrews 9:8 · Hebrews 9:12 · Hebrews 9:24 · Hebrews 9:25 · Hebrews 10:19 · Hebrews 13:11

Source: TBESG G0039G; TFLSJ G0039G

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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