Strong's H6942 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: קָדַשׁ (qâdash)

Pronunciation: kaw-dash'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root;

Definition: to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

KJV Renderings: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), [idiom] wholly.

Senses

1. to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate
1. (Qal)
2. to be set apart, be consecrated
3. to be hallowed
4. consecrated, tabooed
5. (Niphal)
6. to show oneself sacred or majestic
7. to be honoured, be treated as sacred
8. to be holy
9. (Piel)
10. to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate
11. to observe as holy, keep sacred
12. to honour as sacred, hallow
13. to consecrate
14. (Pual)
15. to be consecrated
16. consecrated, dedicated
17. (Hiphil)
18. to set apart, devote, consecrate
19. to regard or treat as sacred or hallow
20. to consecrate
21. (Hithpael)
22. to keep oneself apart or separate
23. to cause Himself to be hallowed (of God)
24. to be observed as holy
25. to consecrate oneself

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.