קָדַשׁ

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual)
• 6.(hiphil)
• 7.(hithpael)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: qâdash; Pronunciation: kaw-dash'