◄ 38. hagiasmos ►
Strong's Lexicon hagiasmos: Sanctification, holiness, consecration Original Word: ἁγιασμός Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: hagiasmos Pronunciation: hah-ghee-as-MOS Phonetic Spelling: (hag-ee-as-mos') Definition: Sanctification, holiness, consecration Meaning: the process of making or becoming holy, set apart, sanctification, holiness, consecration. Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb ἁγιάζω (hagiazō), meaning "to sanctify" or "to make holy." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - קֹדֶשׁ (qodesh) - Strong's Hebrew 6944: Refers to holiness or sacredness, often used in the context of things set apart for God. - קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh) - Strong's Hebrew 6918: Meaning holy or sacred, used to describe God, people, or objects dedicated to God. Usage: Hagiasmos refers to the process of making something holy or set apart for God's purposes. In the New Testament, it often describes the spiritual growth and moral purity expected of believers as they are transformed into the likeness of Christ. It encompasses both the initial act of being set apart at salvation and the ongoing process of spiritual maturation and moral purity. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of holiness was often associated with religious rituals and the setting apart of objects or people for divine purposes. In the Jewish tradition, holiness was central to the covenant relationship with God, involving both ritual purity and ethical living. The early Christian understanding of hagiasmos built on these traditions, emphasizing a life dedicated to God through faith in Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 38 hagiasmós (a masculine noun derived from 40 /hágios, "holy") – sanctification (the process of advancing in holiness); use of the believer being progressively transformed by the Lord into His likeness (similarity of nature). See 40 /hagios ("holy"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from hagiazó Definition consecration, sanctification NASB Translation sanctification (8), sanctifying work (1), sanctity (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 38: ἁγιασμός ἁγιασμός, (οῦ, ὁ, a word used only by Biblical and ecclesiastical writings (for in Diodorus 4, 39; Dionysius Halicarnassus 1, 21, ἁγισμός is the more correct reading), signifying: 1. consecration, purification, τό ἁγιάζειν. 2. the effect of consecration: sanctification of heart and life, 1 Corinthians 1:30 (Christ is he to whom we are indebted for sanctification); 1 Thessalonians 4:7; Romans 6:19, 22; 1 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 12:14; ἁγιασμός πνεύματος sanctification wrought by the Holy Spirit, 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2. It is opposed to lust in 1 Thessalonians 4:3f. (It is used in a ritual sense, Judges 17:3 (Alexandrian LXX); Ezekiel 45:4; (Amos 2:11); Sir. 7:31, etc.) (On its use in the N. T. cf. Ellicott on 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:13.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance holiness, sanctification. From hagiazo; properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier -- holiness, sanctification. see GREEK hagiazo Forms and Transliterations αγιαζμόν αγιασμον αγιασμόν ἁγιασμόν αγιασμος αγιασμός ἁγιασμὸς αγιασμω αγιασμώ ἁγιασμῷ αγιαστήριον αγιαστήριόν agiasmo agiasmō agiasmon agiasmos hagiasmo hagiasmō hagiasmôi hagiasmō̂i hagiasmon hagiasmón hagiasmos hagiasmòs Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Romans 6:19 N-AMS GRK: δικαιοσύνῃ εἰς ἁγιασμόν NAS: resulting in sanctification. KJV: to righteousness unto holiness. INT: to righteousness unto sanctification Romans 6:22 N-AMS GRK: ὑμῶν εἰς ἁγιασμόν τὸ δὲ NAS: resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, KJV: fruit unto holiness, and the end INT: of you unto sanctification and 1 Corinthians 1:30 N-NMS GRK: τε καὶ ἁγιασμὸς καὶ ἀπολύτρωσις NAS: and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, KJV: and sanctification, and INT: and also sanctification and redemption 1 Thessalonians 4:3 N-NMS GRK: θεοῦ ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ὑμῶν ἀπέχεσθαι NAS: of God, your sanctification; [that is], that you abstain KJV: [even] your sanctification, that ye INT: of God the sanctification of you to abstain 1 Thessalonians 4:4 N-DMS GRK: κτᾶσθαι ἐν ἁγιασμῷ καὶ τιμῇ NAS: vessel in sanctification and honor, KJV: vessel in sanctification and honour; INT: to possess in holiness and honor 1 Thessalonians 4:7 N-DMS GRK: ἀλλ' ἐν ἁγιασμῷ NAS: us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. KJV: but unto holiness. INT: but in sanctification 2 Thessalonians 2:13 N-DMS GRK: σωτηρίαν ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος καὶ NAS: through sanctification by the Spirit KJV: through sanctification of the Spirit INT: salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and 1 Timothy 2:15 N-DMS GRK: ἀγάπῃ καὶ ἁγιασμῷ μετὰ σωφροσύνης NAS: and love and sanctity with self-restraint. KJV: charity and holiness with sobriety. INT: love and sanctification with self-restraint Hebrews 12:14 N-AMS GRK: καὶ τὸν ἁγιασμόν οὗ χωρὶς NAS: with all men, and the sanctification without KJV: all [men], and holiness, without which INT: and the holiness which apart from 1 Peter 1:2 N-DMS GRK: πατρός ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος εἰς NAS: the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, KJV: through sanctification of the Spirit, INT: [the] Father by sanctification of [the] Spirit unto Strong's Greek 38 10 Occurrences ἁγιασμῷ — 5 Occ. ἁγιασμόν — 3 Occ. ἁγιασμὸς — 2 Occ.