Definition

to make holy, i.e. (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate

Etymology

from G40 (ἅγιος);

Where the KJV renders it

• hallow
• be holy
• sanctify

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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