קָדוֹשׁ
qâdôwsh · kaw-doshe'
sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
Lexicon
Derivation: or קָדֹשׁ; from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);
sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
- sacred (ceremonially or morally)
- (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: holy (One), saint.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָדוֹשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
116 occurrences · 116 OT · 0 NT · 56 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the holy one16 · 21%
- holy7 · 9%
- is holy6 · 8%
- in the holy5 · 6%
- of the holy one4 · 5%
- and the holy one3 · 4%
- for thou art an holy3 · 4%
- he shall be holy3 · 4%
- of the holy3 · 4%
- for he is holy2 · 3%
- for i am holy2 · 3%
- and ye shall be holy2 · 3%
- it in the holy2 · 3%
- the holy2 · 3%
- saint2 · 3%
- am holy2 · 3%
- against the holy one2 · 3%
- in the holy one2 · 3%
- and his holy one2 · 3%
- of the saints2 · 3%
- yourselves therefore, and be ye holy1 · 1%
- unto them, ye shall be holy1 · 1%
- ye shall therefore be holy1 · 1%
- it: in the holy1 · 1%
- and an holy1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.