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ἅγιος hagios · G0040G

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holy

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 166 times

Matthew 1:18 · Matthew 1:20 · Matthew 3:11 · Matthew 4:5 · Matthew 7:6 · Matthew 12:32 · Matthew 24:15 · Matthew 25:31 · Matthew 27:53 · Matthew 28:19 · Mark 1:8 · Mark 1:24 · Mark 3:29 · Mark 6:20 · Mark 8:38 · Mark 12:36 · Mark 13:11 · Luke 1:15 · Luke 1:35 · Luke 1:41 · Luke 1:49 · Luke 1:67 · Luke 1:70 · Luke 1:72 · Luke 2:23 · Luke 2:25 · Luke 2:26 · Luke 3:16 · Luke 3:22 · Luke 4:1 · Luke 4:34 · Luke 9:26 · Luke 10:21 · Luke 11:13 · Luke 12:10 · Luke 12:12 · John 1:33 · John 6:69 · John 7:39 · John 14:26 · John 17:11 · John 20:22 · Acts 1:2 · Acts 1:5 · Acts 1:8 · Acts 1:16 · Acts 2:4 · Acts 2:33 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 3:14 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 4:8 · Acts 4:25 · Acts 4:27 · Acts 4:30 · Acts 4:31 · Acts 5:3 · Acts 5:32 · Acts 6:3 · Acts 6:5 … and 106 more

Source: TBESG G0040G; TFLSJ G0040G

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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