Definition

sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

Etymology

or קָדֹשׁ; from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

• holy (One)
• saint

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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