קַדִּישׁ
qaddîysh · kad-deesh'
{sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H6918 (קָדוֹשׁ).
{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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קַדִּישׁ 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the holy4 · 31%
- and an holy one2 · 15%
- the saints2 · 15%
- of the holy ones1 · 8%
- but the saints1 · 8%
- to the saints1 · 8%
- that the saints1 · 8%
- of the saints1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel13
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.