qo.desh H6944

קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) means “holiness” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

קֹ֫דֶשׁ Hebrew · H6944 469 tagged occurrences in 382 verses

Pronunciation guide: ko'-desh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H6944G

קֹ֫דֶשׁ · qo.desh · holiness

1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness

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TBESH · H6944H

קֹ֫דֶשׁ · qo.desh · Most Holy Place

This name means apartness, holiness, sacredness Also named: hagion (ἅγιον "Most Holy Place" G0039H)

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TBESH · H6944I

קֹ֫דֶשׁ · qo.desh · (Way of) Holiness

Combined with de.rekh (דֶּ֫רֶךְ "Way" H1870H) This name means apartness, holiness, sacredness

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TBESH · H6944J

קֹ֫דֶשׁ · qo.desh · Holy Place

This name means apartness, holiness, sacredness Also named: hagion (ἅγιον "Holy Place" G0039)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H6942 (קָדַשׁ); a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

KJV glosses: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

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How translators render H6944

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
holy	40
the holy	21
my holy	16
of the sanctuary	13
your holy	13
a sacred	12
both according to the sanctuary	12
according to the sanctuary	11
his holy	11
most	9
the holy place	9
the sacred offerings	9
the most holy place	8
the sanctuary	8
are holy	6
in his holy	6
in the holy place	6
in the sanctuary	6
is holy	6
from his holy	5
sacred	5
had dedicated	4
in the holy	4
of his holiness	4
on my holy	4
the sacred	4
as holy	3
both the holy	3
consecrated	3
holy things	3
is most	3
of the holy	3
on the holy	3
the holy objects	3
the most	3
the most holy offerings	3
the most holy things	3
a holy	2
and holy	2
as sacred	2
for my holy	2
from his sanctuary	2
holy part	2
in the most holy place	2
is in his holy	2
it	2
it is a most	2
my holy things	2
of my holy things	2
of the dedicated things	2
of the holy things	2
on the sanctuary	2
that he	2
the sacred objects	2
the sacred offering	2
there shall be a sacred	2
to your holy	2
will be holy	2
with the holy	2
a day of sacred	1
a holy portion	1
a most	1
a most holy portion	1
a sacred offering	1
according to the sanctuary shekel	1
after the holy	1
all according to the sanctuary	1
and another	1
and dedicated gifts	1
and for the holy	1
and the consecrated gifts	1
and the consecrated offerings were	1
and the holy	1
and the inner sanctuary	1
and the sanctuary	1
and your holy	1
are consecrated	1
are the holy	1
arrayed in holy	1
as a most holy offering	1
as a sacred offering	1
as most holy offerings	1
as sacred gifts	1
as well as the holy	1
at his holy	1
at the holy objects	1
bless his holy	1
by his holiness	1
by my holiness	1
can consecrated	1
for sacrifices	1
for the holy offerings	1
for the holy place	1
for the sanctuary	1
for this holy	1
for your holy	1
from the most holy place	1
from the sanctuary	1
from these a sacred	1
from your holy	1
gods sanctuary	1
his own consecrated items	1
his sanctuary	1
holiness	1
holy day	1
holy place	1
i will make my holy	1
in his sanctuary	1
in holiness	1
in my holy	1
in the most holy	1
in the sanctuary area	1
including the holy objects	1
into the most holy place	1
into the sanctuary	1
is a holy	1
is sacred	1
is the most holy place	1
it in the sanctuary area	1
it is holy	1
it is most	1
most holy	1
o holy	1
of his sanctuary	1
of holiness	1
of holy ones	1
of the most holy place	1
of the sacred	1
of the temple	1
of your sanctuary	1
on your holy	1
or holy	1
or the most holy things	1
our holy	1
place	1
regarding any holy thing	1
regards the most	1
rules of the sanctuary	1
sacred gifts	1
sanctuary	1
set apart	1
so that the holy	1
so the holy	1
that is the most holy place	1
the consecrated bread	1
the holy area	1
the holy food	1
the holy things	1
the most holy	1
the other holy offerings	1
the sacred portion	1
their holy	1
then the sanctuary	1
there is to be a sacred	1
these holy	1
things are sacred	1
to dedicate	1
to the most holy place	1
to the sanctuary	1
upon my holy	1
vvv	1
was holy	1
what is holy	1
will be called the holy	1
will be most holy	1
with my sacred	1
you shall regard it as holy	1
your holy place	1
your holy sacrifices	1
your holy things	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
holy	66
of the sanctuary	44
the holy	19
in the holy	18
most	15
of the holy	13
holy things	9
my holy	9
the most	9
of holiness	7
an holy	6
his holy	6
in his holy	6
in the sanctuary	6
of the holy things	6
and the holy	5
for the holy	5
holiness	5
of his holiness	5
ye shall have an holy	5
had dedicated	4
into the holy	4
of the dedicated things	4
the sanctuary	4
toward thy holy	4
of the most	3
shall be holy	3
the holy thing	3
thereof shall be holy	3
thy holy	3
a thing most	2
against the holy	2
and all the holy	2
and for the holy	2
and the most	2
and the sanctuary	2
between the holy	2
from his holy	2
in all my holy	2
in his holiness	2
in the most	2
in unto the holy	2
it shall be an holy	2
it shall be holy	2
mine holy things	2
of his sanctuary	2
of thy holiness	2
shall be holiness	2
the holy things	2
they shall be holy	2
to my holy	2
unto thy holy	2
upon my holy	2
with the holy	2
ye in his holy	2
a holy thing	1
all the hallowed things	1
an holy portion	1
and also all the dedicated things	1
and his holy	1
and his own hallowed things	1
and in the most	1
and it shall be the holy	1
and my holy	1
and of the holy	1
and that he himself had dedicated	1
and the consecrated things	1
and the dedicated	1
and the things which himself had dedicated	1
and there shall be holiness	1
and upon thy holy	1
and ye shall be holy	1
are holy	1
as the holy	1
at his holy	1
be holy	1
because of my holy	1
between holy	1
between the sanctuary	1
both the sanctuary	1
but for mine holy	1
by his holiness	1
by my holiness	1
consecrated	1
for in mine holy	1
for mine holy	1
for my holy	1
for the most	1
for thine holy	1
from the sanctuary	1
from thy holy	1
hallowed	1
hallowed things	1
him from his holy	1
him hallowed	1
holy thing	1
in all their holy	1
in his sanctuary	1
in holiness	1
in my holy	1
in the holy things	1
in the most holy	1
in the things	1
in thy holy	1
into the most	1
into the sanctuary	1
it in the holy	1
it it shall be holy	1
it may be an holy	1
me out of his holy	1
me unto thy holy	1
most holy	1
no hallowed	1
not my holy	1
not thy holy	1
of all holy things	1
of all the hallowed things	1
of all the holy things	1
of holy	1
of holy things	1
of mine holy things	1
of my holiness	1
of saints	1
of this there shall be for the sanctuary	1
of trumpets an holy	1
on my holy	1
on the one side and on the other of the holy	1
only thy holy things	1
or on the holy	1
our holy	1
out of his holy	1
out of the holy	1
shall be an holy	1
shall be unto them a thing most	1
so that the holy	1
so will i make my holy	1
that he hath done in the holy thing	1
the hallowed thing	1
the hallowed things	1
the holiness	1
the things	1
thee in the sanctuary	1
their holy things	1
them in the holy	1
them that they may be most	1
them the holy	1
themselves from the holy things	1
themselves in holiness	1
themselves of the holy	1
then shall the sanctuary	1
there shall be an holy	1
there shall be to you an holy day	1
thereof and it shall be holy	1
thereof for the most	1
thereof it shall be unto thee holy	1
this shall be an holy	1
this shall be thine of the most	1
thou wast upon the holy	1
to any of my holy things	1
to his holy	1
to the most	1
to thy holy	1
unto the holy things	1
unto the most	1
unto the sanctuary	1
unto thee into thine holy	1
unto them thy holy	1
unto you between the holy	1
was his sanctuary	1
when the holy things	1
with all your holy things	1
with my holy	1
with the holy thing	1
with thee it shall be unto you most	1
ye my holy	1

Verses containing H6944

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Isaiah 63:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
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Isaiah 63:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
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Isaiah 63:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
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Isaiah 64:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
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Source alternate reference: 64.9
Isaiah 64:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
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Source alternate reference: 64.10
Isaiah 65:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
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Isaiah 65:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
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Isaiah 66:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
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Jeremiah 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.
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Jeremiah 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
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Jeremiah 25:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
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Jeremiah 31:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
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Jeremiah 31:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
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Lamentations 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
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Ezekiel 20:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
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Ezekiel 20:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
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Ezekiel 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
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Ezekiel 22:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
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Ezekiel 28:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
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Ezekiel 36:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
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Ezekiel 36:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
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Ezekiel 36:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
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Ezekiel 36:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
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Ezekiel 39:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
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Ezekiel 39:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
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Ezekiel 41:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
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Ezekiel 41:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.
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Ezekiel 41:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,
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Ezekiel 42:13 · BSB · 5 occurrences
Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
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Ezekiel 42:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”
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Ezekiel 42:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
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Ezekiel 43:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
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Ezekiel 43:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
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Ezekiel 43:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
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Ezekiel 44:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’
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Ezekiel 44:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences
They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.
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Ezekiel 44:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
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Ezekiel 44:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
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Ezekiel 44:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 45:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.
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Ezekiel 45:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.
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Ezekiel 45:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits, and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
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Ezekiel 45:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.
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Ezekiel 45:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.
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Ezekiel 45:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by the holy district and the property of the city, extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side, running lengthwise from the western boundary to the eastern boundary and parallel to one of the tribal portions.
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Ezekiel 46:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
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Ezekiel 48:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.
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Ezekiel 48:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.
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Ezekiel 48:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
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