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ἅγιος hagios · G0040H

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holy: saint

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 62 times

Matthew 27:52 · Acts 9:13 · Acts 9:32 · Acts 9:41 · Acts 26:10 · Romans 1:7 · Romans 8:27 · Romans 12:13 · Romans 15:25 · Romans 15:26 · Romans 15:31 · Romans 16:2 · Romans 16:15 · 1 Corinthians 1:2 · 1 Corinthians 6:1 · 1 Corinthians 6:2 · 1 Corinthians 14:33 · 1 Corinthians 16:1 · 1 Corinthians 16:15 · 2 Corinthians 1:1 · 2 Corinthians 8:4 · 2 Corinthians 9:1 · 2 Corinthians 9:12 · Ephesians 1:1 · Ephesians 1:15 · Ephesians 1:18 · Ephesians 2:19 · Ephesians 3:8 · Ephesians 3:18 · Ephesians 4:12 · Ephesians 5:3 · Ephesians 6:18 · Philippians 1:1 · Philippians 4:21 · Philippians 4:22 · Colossians 1:2 · Colossians 1:4 · Colossians 1:12 · Colossians 1:26 · 1 Thessalonians 3:13 · 1 Thessalonians 5:27 · 2 Thessalonians 1:10 · 1 Timothy 5:10 · Philemon 1:5 · Philemon 1:7 · Hebrews 6:10 · Hebrews 13:24 · Jude 1:3 · Jude 1:14 · Revelation 5:8 · Revelation 8:3 · Revelation 8:4 · Revelation 11:18 · Revelation 13:7 · Revelation 13:10 · Revelation 14:12 · Revelation 16:6 · Revelation 17:6 · Revelation 18:20 · Revelation 18:24 … and 2 more

Source: TBESG G0040H; TFLSJ G0040H

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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