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קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh · Hebrew · Strong's H6944 · 466 occurrences
The KJV renders 30 different Hebrew and Greek words as “thing”
What it means
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);
How the KJV renders it
consecrated, dedicated, hallowed, holiness, portion, thing, saint, sanctuary
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“thing”
also renders tìs (G5100), asthenḗs (G772), hágios (G40), mēdeís (G3367), tís (G5101), oudeís (G3762), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), nomízō (G3543), ʼômer (H562), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zûwr (H2114), chay (H2416), ṭûwb (H2898), yârêʼ (H3372), kôl (H3605), kᵉlîy (H3627), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), mᵉʻaṭ (H4592), niddâh (H5079), nephesh (H5315), ʻôsheq (H6233), piggûwl (H6292), qâlal (H7043), qâsheh (H7186), raʻ (H7451), tahpukâh (H8419), tôwʻêbah (H8441)
“portion”
“holiness”
Questions this word decides
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Are head coverings commanded in worship?
- Is tithing required for Christians?
Where it appears
466 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 6:49 HNcmsc1 Chronicles 9:29 HTd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 16:10 HNcmsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 16:29 HNcmsa1 Chronicles 16:35 HNcmsc/Sp2ms1 Chronicles 22:19 HNcmsc1 Chronicles 23:13 HNcmpa1 Chronicles 23:28 HNcmsa1 Chronicles 23:32 HTd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 24:5 HNcmsa1 Chronicles 26:20 HTd/Ncmpa1 Chronicles 26:26 HTd/Ncmpa1 Chronicles 28:12 HTd/Ncmpa1 Chronicles 29:3 HTd/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 29:16 HNcmsc/Sp2ms1 Kings 6:16 HR/Ncmsc1 Kings 7:50 HR/Ncmsc1 Kings 7:51 HNcmpc1 Kings 8:4 HTd/Ncmsa1 Kings 8:6 HNcmsc1 Kings 8:8 HTd/Ncmsa1 Kings 8:10 HTd/Ncmsa1 Kings 15:15 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 21:4 HNcmsa1 Samuel 21:5 HNcmsa1 Samuel 21:6 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 3:8 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 3:10 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 4:22 HR/Ncmsc2 Chronicles 5:1 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 5:5 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 5:7 HNcmsc2 Chronicles 5:11 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 8:11 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 15:18 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 20:21 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 23:6 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 24:7 HNcmpc2 Chronicles 29:5 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 29:7 HRd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 29:33 HC/Td/Ncmpa2 Chronicles 30:19 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 30:27 HNcmsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 31:6 HNcmpa2 Chronicles 31:12 HC/Td/Ncmpa2 Chronicles 31:14 HC/Ncmpc2 Chronicles 31:18 HNcmsa2 Chronicles 35:3 HTd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 35:5 HRd/Ncmsa2 Chronicles 35:13 HC/Td/Ncmpa2 Kings 12:4 HTd/Ncmpa2 Kings 12:18 HNcmpc/Sp3msAmos 2:7 HNcmsc/Sp1csAmos 4:2 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msDaniel 8:13 HC/NcmsaDaniel 8:14 HNcmsaDaniel 9:16 HNcmsc/Sp2msDaniel 9:20 HNcmscDaniel 9:24 HNcmpaDaniel 9:26 HC/Td/Ncmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.