קֹדֶשׁ qodesh
Hebrew word for “holiness” · Strong’s H6944 · used 469 times in 382 verses
Meaning
1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness;
Senses in the lexicon
- holiness (416)
- Holy Place (32)
- Most Holy Place (20)
- (Way of) Holiness (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for qodesh in context, with how often each is used:
- holiness 191
- holy place 98
- holy things 63
- holy thing 61
- holy places 15
- sanctuary 12
- holinesses 7
- holy gifts 4
- holy offerings 3
- holy portion 2
- holy ones 2
- own holy things 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 92 | 7.7 | |
| Exodus | 70 | 4.2 | |
| Numbers | 57 | 3.5 | |
| Ezekiel | 57 | 3.0 | |
| Psalms | 45 | 2.3 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 30 | 2.3 | |
| Isaiah | 23 | 1.4 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 17 | 1.6 | |
| Daniel | 13 | 2.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 12 | 0.9 | |
| Nehemiah | 7 | 1.3 | |
| Ezra | 6 | 1.6 |
Also in 17 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 7 (15), Leviticus 23 (12), Leviticus 22 (11), Leviticus 27 (11), Exodus 30 (10), Leviticus 16 (10), Numbers 18 (9), Exodus 28 (7), Exodus 29 (6), Numbers 4 (6)
Forms
- קדשׁ 146
- הקדשׁ 111
- קדשׁי 44
- הקדשׁים 34
- קדשׁו 29
- קדשׁים 25
- בקדשׁ 23
- קדשׁך 20
- מקדשׁ 4
- בקדשׁו 4
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qodesh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 47
- שֶׁקֶל sheqel “shekel” 25
- אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 34
- מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 26
- מִקְרָא miqra “assembly” 18
- תְּרוּמָה terumah “contribution” 20
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 27
- שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 23
- הַר har “mountain” 29
- קָדַשׁ qadash “to consecrate” 22
- מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 23
- מֵאָה meah “hundred” 28
Key verses
The verses using qodesh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 15:11 — Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Psalms 2:6 — Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Psalms 48:1 — [A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- Psalms 98:1 — [A Psalm.] O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
- Psalms 110:3 — Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
- Isaiah 27:13 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the…
- Isaiah 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the…
- Isaiah 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the…
- Isaiah 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
- Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…
- Daniel 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the…
- Zechariah 14:20 — In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
See all 382 verses in the Word Atlas
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.