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קָדוֹשׁ qa·dosh

“holy” · 116 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: 0 timesExodus: 2 timesLeviticus: 20 timesNumbers: 7 timesDeuteronomy: 7 timesJoshua: onceJudges: 0 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 2 times2 Samuel: 0 times1 Kings: 0 times2 Kings: 2 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: onceEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 3 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 3 timesPsalms: 15 timesProverbs: 2 timesEcclesiastes: onceSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 38 timesJeremiah: 2 timesLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 2 timesDaniel: 3 timesHosea: 2 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 2 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: onceMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 10 timesMark: 7 timesLuke: 20 timesJohn: 5 timesActs: 53 timesRomans: 20 times1 Corinthians: 12 times2 Corinthians: 8 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 15 timesPhilippians: 3 timesColossians: 6 times1 Thessalonians: 5 times2 Thessalonians: once1 Timothy: once2 Timothy: 2 timesTitus: oncePhilemon: 2 timesHebrews: 8 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 8 times2 Peter: 5 times1 John: once2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 4 timesRevelation: 25 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “holy” 75
  • “holy one” 17
  • “am holy” 5
  • “holy ones” 5
  • “who is holy” 2
  • other ways 12
  • hagios, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 222

In the New Testament it continues as hagios: 1 Peter 1:16 quotes Leviticus 19:2, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Exodus2
Leviticus20
Numbers7
Deuteronomy7
Joshua1
1 Samuel2
2 Kings2
2 Chronicles1
Nehemiah3
Job3
Psalms15
Proverbs2
Ecclesiastes1
Isaiah38
Jeremiah2
Ezekiel2
Daniel3
Hosea2
Habakkuk2
Zechariah1
Matthew10
Mark7
Luke20
John5
Acts53
Romans20
1 Corinthians12
2 Corinthians8
Ephesians15
Philippians3
Colossians6
1 Thessalonians5
2 Thessalonians1
1 Timothy1
2 Timothy2
Titus1
Philemon2
Hebrews8
1 Peter8
2 Peter5
1 John1
Jude4
Revelation25

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. holy75
  2. holy one17
  3. am holy5
  4. holy ones5
  5. who is holy2
  6. along with the holy1
  7. as for the saints1
  8. as his holy1
  9. before the holy1
  10. holiness1
  11. holy day1
  12. holy ones are1
  13. 5 other ways5
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
  • holy 109
  • saint 7

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“holy” 75

  • Exodus 2

    • 19:6 …a kingdom of priests and a holy nation These are the…
    • 29:31 …and boil its flesh in a holy place…

  • Leviticus 15

    • 6:16 …be eaten without leaven in a holy place they are to…
    • 6:26 …it must be eaten in a holy place in the courtyard…
    • 6:27 …you must wash it in a holy place…
    • 7:6 …It must be eaten in a holy place it is most…
    • 10:13 …You shall eat it in a holy place because it is…
    • 11:44 …yourselves therefore and be holy because I am holy…
    • 11:45 …your God therefore be holy because I am holy…
    • 16:24 …bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on…
    • 19:2 …and tell them Be holy because I the LORD…
    • 20:7 …yourselves therefore and be holy because I am the…
    • 20:26 …You are to be holy to Me because I…
    • 21:6 …They must be holy to their God and…
    • 21:7 …husband for the priest is holy to his God…
    • 21:8 …God He shall be holy to you because I…
    • 24:9 …who are to eat it in a holy place for it is…

  • Numbers 4

    • 6:5 …head He must be holy until the time of…
    • 6:8 …of his separation he is holy to the LORD…
    • 15:40 …and you will be holy to your God…
    • 16:3 …in the entire congregation is holy and the LORD is…

  • Deuteronomy 5

    • 7:6 …you are a people holy to the LORD your…
    • 14:2 …you are a people holy to the LORD your…
    • 14:21 …a foreigner For you are a holy people belonging to the…
    • 23:14 …Your camp must be holy lest He see anything…
    • 26:19 …that you will be a holy people to the LORD…

  • Joshua 1

    • 24:19 …the LORD for He is a holy God He is a…

  • 1 Samuel 2

    • 2:2 …There is no one holy like the LORD Indeed…
    • 6:20 …of the LORD this holy God To whom should…

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 4:9 …often comes our way is a holy man of God…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 35:3 …who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD Josiah…

  • Nehemiah 3

    • 8:9 …of them This day is holy to the LORD your…
    • 8:10 …nothing prepared since today is holy to our Lord Do…
    • 8:11 …Be still since today is holy Do not grieve…

  • Psalms 7

    • 22:3 …Yet You are holy enthroned on the praises…
    • 78:41 …tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel…
    • 89:18 …LORD and our king to the Holy One of Israel…
    • 99:3 …and awesome name He is holy
    • 99:5 …at His footstool He is holy
    • 99:9 …the LORD our God is holy
    • 111:9 …ordained His covenant forever holy and awesome is His…

  • Ecclesiastes 1

    • 8:10 …go in and out of the holy place and they were…

  • Isaiah 28

    • 1:4 …LORD they have despised the Holy One of Israel and…
    • 4:3 …Jerusalem will be called holy all in Jerusalem who…
    • 5:16 …exalted by His justice and the holy God will show Himself…
    • 5:19 …it Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come…
    • 5:24 …and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel…
    • 6:3 …out to one another Holy holy holy is the…
    • 6:3 …to one another Holy holy holy is the LORD…
    • 6:3 …one another Holy holy holy is the LORD of…
    • 10:20 …rely on the LORD the Holy One of Israel…
    • 12:6 …for great among you is the Holy One of Israel…
    • 17:7 …turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel…
    • 29:23 …name they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and…
    • 30:11 …road Rid us of the Holy One of Israel…
    • 30:12 …Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says…
    • 30:15 …For the Lord GOD the Holy One of Israel has…
    • 31:1 …do not look to the Holy One of Israel they…
    • 41:14 …the LORD Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel…
    • 41:16 …LORD you will glory in the Holy One of Israel…
    • 41:20 …LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has…
    • 43:3 …the LORD your God the Holy One of Israel your…
    • 43:14 …the LORD your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel For…
    • 45:11 …Thus says the LORD the Holy One of Israel and…
    • 48:17 …the LORD your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel I…
    • 49:7 …LORD who is faithful the Holy One of Israel who…
    • 54:5 …Hosts is His name the Holy One of Israel is…
    • 55:5 …the LORD your God the Holy One of Israel has…
    • 57:15 …inhabits eternity whose name is Holy I dwell in a…
    • 60:9 …the LORD your God the Holy One of Israel for…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 50:29 …has defied the LORD the Holy One of Israel…

  • Ezekiel 2

    • 39:7 …I am the LORD the Holy One in Israel…
    • 42:13 …offerings for the place is holy

  • Daniel 1

    • 8:13 …one speaking and another holy one said to him…

  • Hosea 1

    • 11:9 …God and not man the Holy One among you and…
“holy one” 17

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 19:22 …eyes in pride Against the Holy One of Israel…

  • Job 1

    • 6:10 …not denied the words of the Holy One

  • Psalms 1

    • 106:16 …as well as Aaron the holy one of the LORD…

  • Proverbs 2

    • 9:10 …of wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding…
    • 30:3 …I have no knowledge of the Holy One

  • Isaiah 8

    • 10:17 …will become a fire and its Holy One a flame In a…
    • 29:19 …among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel…
    • 37:23 …eyes in pride Against the Holy One of Israel…
    • 40:25 …is My equal asks the Holy One
    • 43:15 …I am the LORD your Holy One the Creator of Israel…
    • 47:4 …Hosts is His name is the Holy One of Israel…
    • 49:7 …the LORD the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel to Him…
    • 60:14 …of the LORD Zion of the Holy One of Israel…

  • Daniel 1

    • 8:13 …Then I heard a holy one speaking and another holy…

  • Hosea 1

    • 11:12 …and is faithful to the Holy One

  • Habakkuk 2

    • 1:12 …O LORD my God my Holy One We will not die…
    • 3:3 …God came from Teman and the Holy One from Mount Paran Selah…
“am holy” 5

  • Leviticus 5

    • 11:44 …be holy because I am holy You must not defile…
    • 11:45 …be holy because I am holy
    • 19:2 …the LORD your God am holy
    • 20:26 …because I the LORD am holy and I have set…
    • 21:8 …because I the LORD am holy I who set you…
“holy ones” 5

  • Job 2

    • 5:1 …will answer To which of the holy ones will you turn…
    • 15:15 …God puts no trust in His holy ones if even the heavens…

  • Psalms 2

    • 89:5 …well in the assembly of the holy ones
    • 89:7 …In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared…

  • Zechariah 1

    • 14:5 …will come and all the holy ones with Him…
“who is holy” 2

  • Numbers 2

    • 16:5 …belongs to Him and who is holy and He will bring…
    • 16:7 …will be the one who is holy It is you sons…
“some holy” 1

  • Numbers 1

    • 5:17 …he is to take some holy water in a clay…
“as his holy” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 28:9 …LORD will establish you as His holy people just as He…
“holy ones are” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 33:3 …love the people all the holy ones are in Your hand and…
“as for the saints” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 16:3 As for the saints in the land they…
“saints” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 34:9 …Fear the LORD you His saints for those who fear…
“holy place where” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 46:4 …the city of God the holy place where the Most High dwells…
“holiness” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 65:4 …goodness of Your house the holiness of Your temple…
“o holy one” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 71:22 …You with the lyre O Holy One of Israel…
“holy place” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 57:15 …dwell in a high and holy place and with the oppressed…
“holy day” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 58:13 …delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable if you honor…
“before the holy” 1

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 51:5 …is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel…
“along with the holy” 1

  • Daniel 1

    • 8:24 …destroy the mighty men along with the holy people…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.