ἅγιος
Transliteration
hagios (Key)
Pronunciation
hag'-ee-os
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From hagos (an awful thing) [cf ἁγνός (G53), חָג (H2282)]
mGNT
233x in 19 unique form(s) TR
229x in 23 unique form(s) LXX
627x in 19 unique form(s)
ἁγία — 6x
ἁγίᾳ — 1x
ἅγιά — 1x
ἅγιαι — 1x
ἁγίαις — 3x
ἁγίαν — 6x
ἁγίας — 3x
ἅγιε — 1x
ἅγιοι — 9x
Ἅγιοι — 1x
ἁγίοις — 20x
ἅγιον — 45x
Ἅγιον — 3x
ἅγιός — 1x
ἅγιος — 10x
Ἅγιος — 1x
ἁγίου — 41x
Ἁγίου — 1x
Ἅγιου — 1x
ἁγίους — 12x
ἁγίῳ — 25x
ἁγίων — 36x
ἁγιωτάτῃ — 1x
ἁγία — 6x
ἁγίᾳ — 1x
ἅγιά — 1x
ἅγια — 6x
ἅγιαι — 1x
ἁγίαις — 3x
ἁγίαν — 6x
ἁγίας — 3x
ἅγιε — 1x
ἅγιοι — 8x
ἁγίοις — 19x
ἅγιον — 46x
ἅγιός — 1x
ἅγιος — 12x
ἁγίου — 42x
ἁγίους — 12x
ἁγίῳ — 26x
ἁγίων — 38x
ἁγιωτάτῃ — 1x
ἁγία — 27x
ἁγίᾳ — 5x
ἅγιά — 18x
ἅγια — 78x
ἅγιαι — 1x
ἁγίαις — 2x
ἁγίαν — 14x
ἁγίας — 6x
ἅγιοί — 1x
ἅγιοι — 20x
ἁγίοις — 19x
ἅγιόν — 27x
ἅγιον — 122x
ἅγιός — 9x
ἅγιος — 49x
ἁγίου — 60x
ἁγίους — 2x
ἁγίῳ — 53x
ἁγίων — 114x
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:88,14

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxviii. ἱερός, ὅσιος, ἅγιος, ἁγνός.

Strong’s Definitions

ἅγιος hágios, hag'-ee-os; from ἅγος hágos (an awful thing) (compare G53, G2282); sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):—(most) holy (one, thing), saint.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 229x

The KJV translates Strong's G40 in the following manner: holy (161x), saints (61x), Holy One (4x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 229x
The KJV translates Strong's G40 in the following manner: holy (161x), saints (61x), Holy One (4x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. most holy thing, a saint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἅγιος hágios, hag'-ee-os; from ἅγος hágos (an awful thing) (compare G53, G2282); sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):—(most) holy (one, thing), saint.
STRONGS G40:
ἅγιος, -α, -ον, (from τὸ ἄγος religious awe, reverence; ἄζω, ἅζομαι, to venerate, revere, especially the gods, parents [Curtius, § 118]), rare in secular authors; very frequent in the sacred writings; in the Sept. for קָדושׁ;
1. properly reverend, worthy of veneration: τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ, Luke 1:49; God, on account of his incomparable majesty, Revelation 4:8 (Isaiah 6:3, etc.), equivalent to ἔνδοξος. Hence, used:
a. of things which on account of some connection with God possess a certain distinction and claim to reverence, as places sacred to God which are not to be profaned, Acts 7:33; τόπος ἅγιος the temple, Matthew 24:15 (on which passage see βδέλυγμα, c.); Acts 6:13; Acts 21:28; the holy land or Palestine, 2 Macc. 1:29; 2 Macc. 2:18; τὸ ἅγιον and τὰ ἅγια [Winer's Grammar, 177 (167)] the temple, Hebrews 9:1, 24 (cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 2, p. 477f); specifically that part of the temple or tabernacle which is called 'the holy place' (מִקְדָּשׁ, Ezekiel 37:28; Ezekiel 45:18), Hebrews 9:2 [here Rec.st reads ἅγια]; ἅγια ἁγίων [Winer's Grammar, 246 (231), cf. Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:10, etc.] the most hallowed portion of the temple, 'the holy of holies,' (Exodus 26:33 [cf. Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 4]), Hebrews 9:3, in reference to which the simple τὰ ἅγια is also used: Hebrews 9:8, 25; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 13:11; figuratively of heaven, Hebrews 8:2; Hebrews 9:8, 12; Hebrews 10:19; ἅγια πόλις Jerusalem, on account of the temple there, Matthew 4:5; Matthew 27:53; Revelation 11:2; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 22:19 (Isaiah 48:2; Nehemiah 11:1, 18 [Complutensian LXX], etc.); τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιον, because Christ's transfiguration occurred there, 2 Peter 1:18; ἡ (θεοῦ) ἁγία διαθήκη i. e. which is the more sacred because made by God himself, Luke 1:72; τὸ ἅγιον, that worshipful offspring of divine power, Luke 1:35; the blessing of the gospel, Matthew 7:6; ἁγιωτάτη πίστις, faith (quae creditur i. e. the object of faith) which came from God and is therefore to be heeded most sacredly, Jude 1:20; in the same sense ἁγία ἐντολή, 2 Peter 2:21; κλῆσις ἁγία, because it is the invitation of God and claims us as his, 2 Timothy 1:9; ἅγιαι γραφαί (τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια, 1 Macc. 12:9), which came from God and contain his Words, Romans 1:2.
b. of persons whose services God employs; as for example, apostles, Ephesians 3:5; angels, 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Matthew 25:31 [Rec.]; Revelation 14:10; Jude 1:14; prophets, Acts 3:21; Luke 1:70 (Wis. 11:1); (οἱ) ἅγιοι (τοῦ) θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι, 2 Peter 1:21 [R G L Tr text]; worthies of the O. T. accepted by God for their piety, Matthew 27:52; 1 Peter 3:5.
2. set apart for God, to be, as it were, exclusively his; followed by a genitive or a dative: τῷ κυρίῳ, Luke 2:23; τοῦ θεοῦ (equivalent to ἐκλεκτὸς τοῦ θεοῦ) of Christ, Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34, and according to the true reading in John 6:69, cf. John 10:36; he is called also ὁ ἅγιος παῖς τοῦ θεοῦ, Acts 4:30, and simply ὁ ἅγιος, 1 John 2:20.
Just as the Israelites claimed for themselves the title οἱ ἅγιοι, because God selected them from the other nations to lead a life acceptable to him and rejoice in his favor and protection (Daniel 7:18, 22; 2 Esdr. 8:28), so this appellation is very often in the N. T. transferred to Christians, as those whom God has selected ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου (John 17:14, 16), that under the influence of the Holy Spirit they may be rendered, through holiness, partakers of salvation in the kingdom of God: 1 Peter 2:9 (Exodus 19:6), cf. Exodus 19:5; Acts 9:13, 32, 41; Acts 26:10; Romans 1:7; Romans 8:27; Romans 12:13; Romans 16:15; 1 Corinthians 6:1, 2; Philippians 4:21; Colossians 1:12; Hebrews 6:10; Jude 1:3; Revelation 5:8, etc.; [cf. B. D. American edition under the word Saints].
3. of sacrifices and offerings; prepared for God with solemn rite, pure, clean (opposed to ἀκάθαρτος): 1 Corinthians 7:14 (cf. Ephesians 5:3); connected with ἄμωμος, Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 5:27; Colossians 1:22; ἀπαρχή, Romans 11:16; θυσία, Romans 12:1. Hence,
4. in a moral sense, pure, sinless, upright, holy: 1 Peter 1:16 (Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 11:44); 1 Corinthians 7:34; δίκαιος καί ἅγιος, of John the Baptist, Mark 6:20; ἅγιος καί δίκαιος, of Christ, Acts 3:14; distinctively of him, Revelation 3:7; Revelation 6:10; of God pre-eminently, 1 Peter 1:15; John 17:11; ἅγιαι ἀναστροφαί, 2 Peter 3:11; νόμος and ἐντολή, i. e. containing nothing exceptionable, Romans 7:12; φίλημα, such a kiss as is a sign of the purest love, 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:12; Romans 16:16. On the phrase τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα and τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, see πνεῦμα, 4 a.
Cf. Diestel, Die Heiligkeit Gottes, in Jahrbb. f. deutsch. Theol. iv., p. 1ff; [Baudissin, Stud. z. Semitisch. Religionsgesch. Heft ii., p. 3ff; Delitzsch in Herzog edition 2, see 714ff; especially] Cremer, Wörterbuch, 4te Aufl., p. 32ff [translation of 2nd edition, p. 84ff; Oehler in Herzog 19:618ff; Zezschwitz, Profangräcität as above with, p. 15ff; Trench, § lxxxviii; Campbell, Dissertations, diss. vi., part iv.; especially Schmidt, chapter 181. E. Issel, Der Begriff der Heiligkeit im N. T. (Leiden, 1887)].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
19:5; 19:6; 26:33; 29:37; 30:10
Leviticus
11:44; 19:2
Nehemiah
11:1; 11:18
Isaiah
6:3; 48:2
Ezekiel
37:28; 45:18
Daniel
7:18; 7:22
Matthew
4:5; 7:6; 24:15; 25:31; 27:52; 27:53
Mark
1:24; 6:20
Luke
1:35; 1:49; 1:70; 1:72; 2:23; 4:34
John
6:69; 10:36; 17:11; 17:14; 17:16
Acts
3:14; 3:21; 4:30; 6:13; 7:33; 9:13; 9:32; 9:41; 21:28; 26:10
Romans
1:2; 1:7; 7:12; 8:27; 11:16; 12:1; 12:13; 16:15; 16:16
1 Corinthians
6:1; 6:2; 7:14; 7:34; 16:20
2 Corinthians
13:12
Ephesians
1:4; 3:5; 5:3; 5:27
Philippians
4:21
Colossians
1:12; 1:22
1 Thessalonians
3:13; 5:26
2 Timothy
1:9
Hebrews
6:10; 8:2; 9:1; 9:2; 9:3; 9:8; 9:8; 9:12; 9:24; 9:25; 10:19; 10:19; 13:11
1 Peter
1:15; 1:16; 2:9; 3:5
2 Peter
1:18; 1:21; 2:21; 3:11
1 John
2:20
Jude
1:3; 1:14; 1:20
Revelation
3:7; 4:8; 5:8; 6:10; 11:2; 14:10; 21:2; 22:19