Exploring Leviticus: Holy/Qodesh

Join us as we discuss one of the hardest words in the Bible to define: Holy. Many of us think we know what that means, but the truth is that the Biblical authors thought very differently about it than we usually do.

 

ERRATA:

The cited lines of Leviticus 6 includes all 3 forms of holy, not just qodesh:

 

“The sin offering (hattat) is “most holy” (qodesh qodesh essentially - 6944) and must be slaughtered before the Lord at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. The priest who offers it as a sin offering will eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy (qadosh - 6918) place. . . Anything that touches its flesh will “become holy” (qadash - phrase - 6942), and if any of its blood spatters on a garment, then you must wash that garment in a holy (qadosh - 6918) place.”

Leviticus 6:25-27

 

Key words:

Qodesh (Strong's Hebrew 6944)

Qadash (Strong's Hebrew 6942)

Qadosh (Strong’s Hebrew 6918)

Hagios (Strong's Greek 40)

 

Passages Referenced:

Exodus 3:5

Leviticus 6:25-27

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭20‬:‭26‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Genesis 2:3

Leviticus 19:2

1 John 3:3

Ephesians 1:1

1 Corinthians 1:1-2

Daniel 4:17

2 Corinthians 2:7

John 6:53-56

Matthew 26:26-28