ἁγιάζω hagiazō

Greek word for “to sanctify” · Strong’s G37 · used 28 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

ἁγιάζω, Hellenistic form of ἁγίζω;

How it is translated

Glosses given for hagiazō in context, with how often each is used:

• sanctified 11
• sanctifying 3
• should be hallowed 2
• do sanctify 2
• has been sanctified 2
• may sanctify 2
• being sanctified 2
• sanctify 1
• would sanctify 1
• sanctifies 1
• should be holy 1

Where it is used

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Chapters where it is used most

Hebrews 10 (3), Matthew 23 (2), John 17 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Luke 11 (1), John 10 (1), Acts 20 (1), Acts 26 (1), Romans 15 (1), 1 Corinthians 1 (1)

Forms

• ἁγιασθήτω 3
• ἡγιασμένοις 3
• ἡγιασμένοι 2
• ἡγίασται 2
• ἁγιάσῃ 2
• ἁγιάσας 1
• ἁγιάζον 1
• ἡγίασεν 1
• ἁγίασον 1
• ἁγιάζω 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hagiazō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• προσφορά prosphora “offering” 3
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 4
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 4
• αἷμα ahima “blood” 3
• λόγος logos “word” 4
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 4
• τυφλός tuphlos “blind” 2
• πατήρ patēr “father” 3
• προσεύχομαι proseuchomai “to pray” 2
• ἀλήθεια alētheia “truth” 2
• σῶμα sōma “body” 2
• νῦν nun “now” 2

Key verses

The verses using hagiazō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:9 — After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Luke 11:2 — And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
• John 10:36 — Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
• Acts 20:32 — And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are…
• Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance…
• Romans 15:16 — That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being…
• 1 Corinthians 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name…
• 1 Corinthians 6:11 — And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• Ephesians 5:26 — That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23 — And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus…
• Hebrews 10:29 — Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,…
• 1 Peter 3:15 — But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.