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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Holy

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

611exact KJV occurrences 430Old Testament 181New Testament 50books containing the word 10mapped Strong's IDs 509occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Exodus 3:5

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:19

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where holy appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Exodus 5545 verses Leviticus 9477 verses Numbers 2927 verses Deuteronomy 99 verses Joshua 22 verses 1 Samuel 33 verses 1 Kings 66 verses 2 Kings 22 verses 1 Chronicles 99 verses 2 Chronicles 1716 verses Ezra 54 verses Nehemiah 1010 verses Job 11 verses Psalms 3938 verses Proverbs 33 verses Ecclesiastes 11 verses Isaiah 5651 verses Jeremiah 55 verses Ezekiel 4935 verses Daniel 1715 verses Hosea 11 verses Joel 32 verses Amos 11 verses Obadiah 11 verses Jonah 22 verses Micah 11 verses Habakkuk 33 verses Zephaniah 11 verses Haggai 21 verses Zechariah 33 verses Matthew 1111 verses Mark 77 verses Luke 1918 verses John 55 verses Acts 5251 verses Romans 1310 verses 1 Corinthians 88 verses 2 Corinthians 33 verses Ephesians 66 verses Colossians 22 verses 1 Thessalonians 55 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses 2 Timothy 33 verses Titus 22 verses Hebrews 1010 verses 1 Peter 86 verses 2 Peter 65 verses 1 John 22 verses Jude 21 verses Revelation 1613 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH6918
קָדוֹשׁ

qâdôwsh · kaw-doshe'

65 times translated as this KJV form116 total Strong's occurrences

a

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

Strong's KJV usage: holy (One), saint.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Exodus 19:6Strong's last: Daniel 8:24

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HebrewH6942
קָדַשׁ

qâdash · kaw-dash'

7 times translated as this KJV form173 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

Strong's KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), × wholly.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Exodus 20:8Strong's last: Haggai 2:12

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GreekG3741
ὅσιος

hósios · hos'-ee-os

4 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences

properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from 1342, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from G2413, which denotes formal consecration; and from G40, which relates to purity from defilement), i.e. hallowed (pious, sacred, sure)

Strong's KJV usage: :--holy, mercy, shalt be.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Timothy 2:8Strong's last: Revelation 15:4

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GreekG4151
πνεῦμα

pneûma · pnyoo'-mah

1 times translated as this KJV form441 total Strong's occurrences

a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit

Strong's KJV usage: :--ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 8:17Strong's last: Acts 8:17

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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10 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Nehemiah 7:65
no direct Strong's tag

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

Nehemiah 8:9
H6918

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Nehemiah 8:10
H6918

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:11
H6918

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

Nehemiah 9:14
H6944

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

Nehemiah 10:31
H6944

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

Nehemiah 10:33
H6944

For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

Nehemiah 11:1
H6944

And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

Nehemiah 11:18
H6944

All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

Nehemiah 12:47
no direct Strong's tag

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

holy

HO'LY, adjective

1. Properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense. Hence, pure in heart, temper or dispositions; free from sin and sinful affections. Applied to the Supreme Being, holy signifies perfectly pure, immaculate and complete in moral character; and man is more or less holy as his heart is more or less sanctified, or purified from evil dispositions. We call a man holy when his heart is conformed in some degree to the image of God, and his life is regulated by the divine precepts. Hence, holy is used as nearly synonymous with good, pious, godly.

Be ye holy; for I am holy 1 Peter 1:12.

2. Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use, or to the service or worship of God; a sense frequent in Scripture; as the holy sabbath; holy oil; holy vessels; a holy nation; the holy temple; a holy priesthood.

3. Proceeding from pious principles, or directed to pious purposes; as holy zeal.

4. Perfectly just and good; as the holy law of God.

5. Sacred; as a holy witness.

Holy of holies, in Scripture, the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest, once a year.

Holy Ghost, or holy Spirit, the Divine Spirit; the third person in the Trinity; the sanctifier of souls.

Holy war, a war undertaken to rescue the holy land, the ancient Judea, from the infidels; a crusade; an expedition carried on by christians against the Saracens in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries; a war carried on in a most unholy manner.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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