ἁγιασμός hagiasmos

Greek word for “holiness” · Strong’s G38 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ἁγιασμός, -οῦ, ὁ; (ἁγιάζω);

How it is translated

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

• sanctification 6
• holiness 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Thessalonians 4 (3), Romans 6 (2), 1 Corinthians 1 (1), 2 Thessalonians 2 (1), 1 Timothy 2 (1), Hebrews 12 (1), 1 Peter 1 (1)

Forms

• ἁγιασμῷ 5
• ἁγιασμόν 3
• ἁγιασμὸς 2

Words used with it

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

• ἀκαθαρσία akatharsia “impurity” 2
• εἰρήνη eirēnē “peace” 2
• δικαιοσύνη dikaiosunē “righteousness” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 2
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

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

• Romans 6:19 — I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto…
• Romans 6:22 — But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
• 1 Corinthians 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
• 1 Thessalonians 4:4 — That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7 — For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through…
• 1 Timothy 2:15 — Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
• Hebrews 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
• 1 Peter 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace…

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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.