Definition

and from G40 (ἅγιος), which relates to purity from defilement), i.e. hallowed (pious, sacred, sure)

Etymology

of uncertain affinity; properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from 1342, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from G2413 (ἱερός), which denotes formal consecration;

Where the KJV renders it

• holy
• mercy
• shalt be

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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