קָדַשׁ qadash

Hebrew word for “to consecrate” · Strong’s H6942 · used 171 times in 152 verses

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Meaning

: consecate/sanctify;

Senses in the lexicon

• to consecrate: consecate (127)
• to consecrate: dedicate (26)
• to consecrate: holiness (10)
• to consecrate: prepare (7)
• to consecrate: forfeit (1)

How it is translated

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

• consecrate 21
• will consecrate 18
• consecrated 14
• set apart as holy 11
• will set apart as holy 11
• will show myself holy 7
• who sets apart as holy 7
• consecrate yourselves 6
• will be holy 5
• set apart 5
• have consecrated 5
• had consecrated themselves 5

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 29 (8), Leviticus 27 (8), Leviticus 8 (5), Leviticus 22 (5), 2 Chronicles 29 (5), 2 Chronicles 30 (5), Exodus 19 (4), Exodus 40 (4), Exodus 28 (3), Leviticus 21 (3)

Forms

• קדשׁו 11
• ויקדשׁ 9
• וקדשׁת 9
• התקדשׁו 9
• הקדישׁ 7
• לקדשׁ 6
• יקדשׁ 6
• הקדשׁתי 6
• לקדשׁו 5
• ונקדשׁתי 5

Words used with it

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

• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 22
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 18
• אֲנִי ani “I” 21
• שַׁבָּת shabbat “Sabbath” 12
• מָשַׁח mashach “to anoint” 11
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 18
• הֶם hem “them” 19
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 14
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 14
• נִי ni “me” 14
• כָּהַן kahan “to minister” 6
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 9

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be…
• 1 Kings 9:7 — Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel…
• 2 Chronicles 30:8 — Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve…
• 2 Chronicles 36:14 — Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD…
• Job 1:5 — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt…
• Isaiah 5:16 — But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• Jeremiah 17:27 — But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then…
• Jeremiah 51:27 — Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni,…
• Ezekiel 20:12 — Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
• Ezekiel 28:22 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD,…
• Ezekiel 38:16 — And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that…
• Micah 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths,…

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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.