ἅγιος hagios

Greek word for “holy” · Strong’s G40 · used 222 times in 213 verses

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Meaning

ἅγιος, -α, ον; (τό ἅγός, religious awe;

Senses in the lexicon

• holy (160)
• holy: saint (62)

How it is translated

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

• holy 151
• saints 57
• holy one 6
• holy is 2
• holy — 1
• most holy 1
• saints? 1
• saint 1
• saints’ 1
• holy ones 1

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 1 (7), Acts 4 (5), Acts 9 (5), Acts 10 (5), Romans 15 (5), Ephesians 1 (5), Colossians 1 (5), Acts 1 (4), Acts 13 (4), Luke 2 (3)

Forms

• ἅγιον 45
• ἁγίου 42
• ἁγίων 34
• ἁγίῳ 26
• ἁγίοις 19
• ἅγιος 12
• ἁγίους 12
• ἅγιοι 8
• ἁγίαν 6
• ἁγία 6

Words used with it

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

• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 94
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 19
• πατήρ patēr “father” 17
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 13
• τε te “and/both” 13
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 12
• πλήθω plēthō, pimplēmi “to fill” 8
• ἀσπάζομαι aspazomai “to pay respects to” 9
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 11
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 13
• βαπτίζω baptizō “to baptize” 9
• Ἱερουσαλήμ Hierousalēm “Jerusalem” 9

Key verses

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

• Matthew 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• John 14:26 — But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,…
• Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were…
• Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
• Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath…
• Romans 1:7 — To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Romans 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable…
• Ephesians 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• Hebrews 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do…
• 1 Peter 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of…
• Revelation 18:20 — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

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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.