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Sanctify in Scripture.

Explore sanctify in the Bible through the Hebrew 'Qadash' (To set apart, make holy) and Greek 'Hagiazo' (To sanctify, make holy). Discover how every original-language word for Sanctify deepens your understanding of Scripture.

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Strong'sWordLanguageDefinitionOccurrences
H6942קָדַשׁqâdashHebrew

appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), [idiom] wholly. - to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) 1) to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be set apart, be consecrated 1a2) to be hallowed 1a3) consecrated, tabooed 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to show oneself sacred or majestic 1b2) to be honoured, be treated as sacred 1b3) to be holy 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate 1c2) to observe as holy, keep sacred 1c3) to honour as sacred, hallow 1c4) to consecrate 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be consecrated 1d2) consecrated, dedicated 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to set apart, devote, consecrate 1e2) to regard or treat as sacred or hallow 1e3) to consecrate 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to keep oneself apart or separate 1f2) to cause Himself to be hallowed (of God) 1f3) to be observed as holy 1f4) to consecrate oneself

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G37ἁγιάζωhagiázōGreek

hallow, be holy, sanctify. - to make holy, i.e. (ceremonially) purify or consecrate - (mentally) to venerate

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G38ἁγιασμόςhagiasmósGreek

holiness, sanctification. - properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity - concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

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