Strong's Lexicon
G40 — ἅγιος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G40 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἅγιος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from hagos "an awful thing" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 220 |
| Transliteration: | hagios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hag'-ee-os |
| Meaning: | 1. sacred 2. (physically) pure 3. (morally) blameless 4. (religious, ceremonially) consecrated |
| KJV Renderings: | (most) holy (one, thing), saint |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἅγιος, , (from τό ἀγός 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 ÷ÈãåùÑ;
1. properly reverend, worthy of veneration: τό ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luk 1:49; god, on account of his incomparable majesty, Rev 4:8 (Isa 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, Act 7:33; τόπος ἅγιος the temple, Mat 24:15 (on which passage see βδέλυγμα, c.); Act 6:13; Act 21:28; the holy land or Palestine, 2Ma 1:29 2Ma 2:18; τό ἅγιον and τά ἅγια (Winer’s grammar, 177 (167)) the temple, Heb 9:1; Heb 9:24 (cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 2, p. 477f); specifically that part of the temple or tabernacle which is called ’the holy place’ (îÄ÷ÀãÈÌùÑ, Eze 37:28; Eze 45:18), Heb 9:2 (here Rec.st reads ἅγια); ἅγια ἁγίων (Winer’s grammar, 246 (231), cf. Exo 29:37; Exo 30:10, etc.) the most hallowed portion of the temple, ’the holy of holies,’ (Exo 26:33 (cf. Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 4)), Heb 9:3, in reference to which the simple τά ἅγια is also used: Heb 9:8; Heb 9:25; Heb 10:19; Heb 13:11; figuratively of heaven, Heb 8:2; Heb 9:8; Heb 9:12; Heb 10:19; ἅγια πόλις Jerusalem, on account of the temple there, Mat 4:5; Mat 27:53; Rev 11:2; Rev 21:2; Rev 22:19 (Isa 48:2; Neh 11:1; Neh 11:18 (Complutensian LXX), etc.); τό ὄρος τό ἅγιον, because Christ’s transfiguration occurred there, 2Pe 1:18; ἡ (Θεοῦ) ἅγια διαθήκη i. e. which is the more sacred because made by god himself, Luk 1:72; τό ἅγιον, that worshipful offspring of divine power, Luk 1:35; the blessing of the gospel, Mat 7:6; ἁγιωτάτῃ πίστις, faith (quae creditur i. e. the object of faith) which came from god and is therefore to be heeded most sacredly, Jud 1:20; in the same sense ἅγια ἐντολή, 2Pe 2:21; κλῆσις ἅγια, because it is the invitation of god and claims us as his, 2Ti 1:9; ἅγιαι γραφαί (τά βιβλία τά ἅγια, 1Ma 12:9), which came from god and contain his Words, Rom 1:2.
b. of persons whose services god employs; as for example, apostles, Eph 3:5; angels, 1Th 3:13; Mat 25:31 (Rec.); Rev 14:10; Jud 1:14; prophets, Act 3:21; Luk 1:70 (Wis 11:1); (οἱ) ἅγιοι (τοῦ) Θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι, 2Pe 1:21 (R g L Tr text); worthies of the O. T. accepted by god for their piety, Mat 27:52; 1Pe 3:5.
2. set apart for god, to be, as it were, exclusively his; followed by a genitive or a dative: τῷ κυρίῳ, Luk 2:23; τοῦ Θεοῦ (equivalent to ἐκλεκτός τοῦ Θεοῦ) of Christ, Mar 1:24; Luk 4:34, and according to the true reading in Joh 6:69, cf. Joh 10:36; he is called also ὁ ἅγιος παῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Act 4:30, and simply ὁ ἅγιος, 1Jn 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 (Dan 7:18; Dan 7:22; 2Es 8:28), so this appellation is very often in the N. T. transferred to Christians, as those whom god has selected ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου (Joh 17:14; Joh 17:16), that under the influence of the Holy Spirit they may be rendered, through holiness, partakers of salvation in the kingdom of god: 1Pe 2:9 (Exo 19:6), cf. Exo 19:5; Act 9:13; Act 9:32; Act 9:41; Act 26:10; Rom 1:7; Rom 8:27; Rom 12:13; Rom 16:15; 1Co 6:1-2; Php 4:21; Col 1:12; Heb 6:10; Jud 1:3; Rev 5:8, etc.; (cf. B. D. American edition under the word ).
3. of sacrifices and offerings; prepared for god with solemn rite, pure, clean (opposed to ἀκάθαρτος): 1Co 7:14 (cf. Eph 5:3); connected with ἄμωμος, Eph 1:4; Eph 5:27; Col 1:22; ἀπαρχή, Rom 11:16; θυσία, Rom 12:1. Hence,
4. in a moral sense, pure, sinless, upright, holy: 1Pe 1:16 (Lev 19:2; Lev 11:44); 1Co 7:34; δίκαιος καί ἅγιος, of John the Baptist, Mar 6:20; ἅγιος καί δίκαιος, of Christ, Act 3:14; distinctively of him, Rev 3:7; Rev 6:10; of god pre-eminently, 1Pe 1:15; Joh 17:11; ἅγιαι ἀναστροφαί, 2Pe 3:11; νόμος and ἐντολή, i. e. containing nothing exceptionable, Rom 7:12; φίλημα, such a kiss as is a sign of the purest love, 1Th 5:26; 1Co 16:20; 2Co 13:12; Rom 16:16. On the phrase τό ἅγιον πνεῦμα and τό πνεῦμα τό 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).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἅγιος ((most) holy (one)
Matthew 1:18
- KJV: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost
- GK: του δε Ιησού Χριστού η γέννησις ούτως ην μνηστευθείσης γαρ της μητρός αυτού Μαρίας τω Ιωσήφ πριν η συνελθείν αυτούς ευρέθη εν γαστρί έχουσα εκ πνεύματος αγίου
Matthew 1:20
- KJV: But while he thought on these things behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying Joseph thou son of David fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost
- GK: ταύτα δε αυτού ενθυμηθέντος ιδού άγγελος κυρίου κατ΄ όναρ εφάνη αυτώ λέγων Ιωσήφ υιός Δαβίδ μη φοβηθής παραλαβείν Μαριάμ την γυναίκά σου το γαρ εν αυτή γεννηθέν εκ πνεύματός εστιν αγίου
Matthew 3:11
- KJV: I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire
- GK: εγώ μεν βαπτίζω υμάς εν ύδατι εις μετάνοιαν ο δε οπίσω μου ερχόμενος ισχυρότερός μου εστίν ου ουκ ειμί ικανός τα υποδήματα βαστάσαι αυτός υμάς βαπτίσει εν πνεύματι αγίω και πυρί
Matthew 4:5
- KJV: Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple
- GK: τότε παραλαμβάνει αυτόν ο διάβολος εις την αγίαν πόλιν και ίστησεν αυτόν επί το πτερύγιον του ιερού
Matthew 7:6
- KJV: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs neither cast ye your pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rend you
- GK: μη δώτε το άγιον τοις κυσί μηδέ βάλητε τους μαργαρίτας υμων έμπροσθεν των χοίρων μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αυτούς εν τοις ποσίν αυτών και στραφέντες ρήξωσιν υμάς
Matthew 12:32
- KJV: And who soever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him but who soever speaketh against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world neither in the to come
- GK: και ος εάν είπη λόγον κατά του υιού του ανθρώπου αφεθήσεται αυτώ ος δ΄ αν είπη κατά του πνεύματος του αγίου ουκ αφεθήσεται αυτώ ούτε εν τω νυν αιώνι ούτε εν τω μέλλοντι
Matthew 24:15
- KJV: When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place whoso readeth let him understand
- GK: όταν ουν ίδητε το βδέλυγμα της ερημώσεως το ρηθέν διά Δανιήλ του προφήτου εστός εν τόπω αγίω ο αναγινώσκων νοείτω
Matthew 25:31
- KJV: When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory
- GK: όταν δε έλθη ο υιός του ανθρώπου εν τη δόξη αυτού και πάντες οι άγιοι άγγελοι μετ΄ αυτού τότε καθίσει επί θρόνου δόξης αυτού
Matthew 27:52
- KJV: And the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose
- GK: και τα μνημεία ανεώχθησαν και πολλά σώματα των κεκοιμημένων αγίων ηγέρθη
Matthew 27:53
- KJV: And came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared unto many
- GK: και εξελθόντες εκ των μνημείων μετά την έγερσιν αυτού εισήλθον εις την αγίαν πόλιν και ενεφανίσθησαν πολλοίς
Matthew 28:19
- KJV: Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
- GK: πορευθέντες ουν μαθητεύσατε πάντα τα έθνη βαπτίζοντες αυτούς εις το όνομα του πατρός και του υιού και του αγίου πνεύματος
Mark 1:8
- KJV: I indeed have baptized you with water but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost
- GK: εγώ μεν εβάπτισα υμάς εν ύδατι αυτός δε βαπτίσει υμάς εν πνεύματι αγίω
Mark 1:24
- KJV: Saying Let alone what have we to do with thee thou Jesus of Nazareth art thou come to destroy us I know thee who thou art the Holy One of God
- GK: λέγων εα τι ημίν και σοι Ιησού Ναζαρηνέ ήλθες απολέσαι ημάς οίδά σε τις ει ο άγιος του θεού
Mark 3:29
- KJV: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness but is in danger of eternal damnation
- GK: ος δ΄ αν βλασφημήση εις το πνεύμα το άγιον ουκ έχει άφεσιν εις τον αιώνα αλλ΄ ένοχός εστιν αιωνίου κρίσεως
Mark 6:20
- KJV: For Herod feared John knowing that he was a just man and an holy and observed him and when he heard him he did many things and heard him gladly
- GK: ο γαρ Ηρώδης εφοβείτο τον Ιωάννην ειδώς αυτόν άνδρα δίκαιον και άγιον και συνετήρει αυτόν και ακούσας αυτού πολλά εποίει και ηδέως αυτού ήκουε
Mark 8:38
- KJV: Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels
- GK: ος γαρ αν επαισχυνθή με και τους εμούς λόγους εν τη γενεά ταύτη τη μοιχαλίδι και αμαρτωλώ και ο υιός του ανθρώπου επαισχυνθήσεται αυτόν όταν έλθη εν τη δόξη του πατρός αυτού μετά των αγγέλων των αγίων
Mark 12:36
- KJV: For David himself said by the Holy Ghost LORD said to my Lord Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool
- GK: αυτός γαρ Δαβίδ είπεν εν πνεύματι αγίω είπεν ο κύριος τω κυρίω μου κάθου εκ δεξιών μου έως αν θω τους εχθρούς σου υποπόδιον των ποδών σου
Mark 13:11
- KJV: But when they shall lead you and deliver you up take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak neither do ye premeditate but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour that speak ye for it is not ye that speak but the Holy Ghost
- GK: όταν δε αγάγωσιν υμάς παραδιδόντες μη προμεριμνάτε τι λαλήσητέ μηδέ μελετάτε αλλ΄ ο εάν δοθή υμίν εν εκείνη τη ώρα τούτο λαλείτε ου γαρ εστε υμείς οι λαλούντες αλλά το πνεύμα το άγιον
Luke 1:15
- KJV: For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mother’s womb
- GK: έσται γαρ μέγας ενώπιον του κυρίου και οίνον και σίκερα ου πίη και πνεύματος αγίου πλησθήσεται έτι εκ κοιλίας μητρός αυτού
Luke 1:35
- KJV: And the angel answered and said unto her The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο άγγελος είπεν αυτή πνεύμα άγιον επελεύσεται επί σε και δύναμις υψίστου επισκιάσει σοι διό και το γεννώμενον εκ σου άγιον κληθήσεται υιός θεού
Luke 1:41
- KJV: And it came to pass that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary the babe leaped in her womb and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost
- GK: και εγένετο ως ήκουσεν η Ελισάβετ τον ασπασμόν της Μαρίας εσκίρτησε το βρέφος εν τη κοιλία αυτής και επλήσθη πνεύματος αγίου η Ελισάβετ
Luke 1:49
- KJV: For he that is mighty hath done to me great things and holy his name
- GK: ότι εποίησέ μοι μεγαλεία ο δυνατός και άγιον το όνομα αυτού
Luke 1:67
- KJV: And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied saying
- GK: και Ζαχαρίας ο πατήρ αυτού επλήσθη πνεύματος αγίου και προεφήτευσεν λέγων
Luke 1:70
- KJV: As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets which have been since the world began
- GK: καθώς ελάλησε διά στόματος των αγίων των απ΄ αιώνος προφητών αυτού
Luke 1:72
- KJV: To perform the mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant
- GK: ποιήσαι έλεος μετά των πατέρων ημών και μνησθήναι διαθήκης αγίας αυτού
Luke 2:23
- KJV: As it is written in the law of the Lord Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord
- GK: καθώς γέγραπται εν νόμω κυρίου ότι παν άρσεν διανοίγον μήτραν άγιον τω κυρίω κληθήσεται
Luke 2:25
- KJV: And behold there was a man in Jerusalem whose name Simeon and the same man just and devout waiting for the consolation of Israel and the Holy Ghost was upon him
- GK: και ιδού ην άνθρωπος εν Ιερουσαλήμ ω όνομα Συμεών και ο άνθρωπος ούτος δίκαιος και ευλαβής προσδεχόμενος παράκλησιν του Ισραήλ και πνεύμα άγιον ην επ΄ αυτόν
Luke 2:26
- KJV: And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ
- GK: και ην αυτώ κεχρηματισμένον υπό του πνεύματος του αγίου μη ιδείν θάνατον πριν η ίδη τον Χριστόν κυρίου
Luke 3:16
- KJV: John answered saying unto all I indeed baptize you with water but one mightier than I cometh the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire
- GK: απεκρίνατο ο Ιωάννης άπασι λέγων εγώ μεν ύδατι βαπτίζω υμάς έρχεται δε ο ισχυρότερός μου ου ουκ ειμί ικανός λύσαι τον ιμάντα των υποδημάτων αυτού αυτός υμάς βαπτίσει εν πνεύματι αγίω και πυρί
Luke 3:22
- KJV: And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him and a voice came from heaven which said Thou art my beloved Son in thee I am well pleased
- GK: και καταβήναι το πνεύμα το άγιον σωματικώ είδει ωσεί περιστεράν επ΄ αυτόν και φωνήν εξ ουρανού γενέσθαι λέγουσαν συ ει ο υιός μου ο αγαπητός εν σοι ευδόκησα