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קָדוֹשׁ H6918

H6918 is the Hebrew word קָדוֹשׁ, transliterated qâdôwsh and said kaw-doshe'. The King James Version most often renders it holy.

Word: קָדוֹשׁTransliteration: qâdôwshSaid: kaw-doshe'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 95 verses

What it means

sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary.

Where it comes from

or קָדֹשׁ; from H6942 (קָדַשׁ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 98 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

holy 46×holy one 32×saints 6×art an holy 3×saint 3×against the holy one 2×therefore be holy 1×therefore and be ye holy 1×mayest be an holy 1×none holy 1×even against the holy 1×art holy 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: holy (One), saint.

Verses using קָדוֹשׁ

The first 40 of 95 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 19:6 · KJV

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Exodus 29:31 · KJV

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

Leviticus 6:16 · KJV

And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.

Leviticus 6:26 · KJV

The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 6:27 · KJV

Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

Leviticus 7:6 · KJV

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

Leviticus 10:13 · KJV

And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.

Leviticus 11:44 · KJV

For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Leviticus 11:45 · KJV

For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

Leviticus 16:24 · KJV

And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

Leviticus 19:2 · KJV

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

Leviticus 20:7 · KJV

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:26 · KJV

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

Leviticus 21:7 · KJV

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

Leviticus 21:8 · KJV

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.

Leviticus 24:9 · KJV

And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.

Numbers 5:17 · KJV

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

Numbers 6:5 · KJV

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

Numbers 6:8 · KJV

All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.

Numbers 15:40 · KJV

That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

Numbers 16:3 · KJV

And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

Numbers 16:5 · KJV

And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

Numbers 16:7 · KJV

And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

Deuteronomy 7:6 · KJV

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:2 · KJV

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:21 · KJV

Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 23:14 · KJV

For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

Deuteronomy 26:19 · KJV

And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 28:9 · KJV

The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

Deuteronomy 33:3 · KJV

Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

Joshua 24:19 · KJV

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

1 Samuel 2:2 · KJV

There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

1 Samuel 6:20 · KJV

And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

2 Kings 4:9 · KJV

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

2 Kings 19:22 · KJV

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

2 Chronicles 35:3 · KJV

And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

Nehemiah 8:9 · KJV

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Nehemiah 8:10 · KJV

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:11 · KJV

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

Job 5:1 · KJV

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

Common questions

What does Strong's H6918 mean?

H6918 is the Hebrew word קָדוֹשׁ (qâdôwsh), meaning sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary.

How is H6918 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it holy (46 times), holy one (32 times), saints (6 times), art an holy (3 times), saint (3 times), among others.

How many times does H6918 appear in the Bible?

קָדוֹשׁ (qâdôwsh) is tagged in 95 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6918 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or קָדֹשׁ; from H6942 (קָדַשׁ).

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