ἅγιος: Difference between revisions

|astxt=[[ἅγιος]], -α, ον (< τό ἅγός, religious awe; [[ἅζω]], to venerate), [in LXX chiefly for קֹ֫דֶשׁ;] <br />primarily, dedicated to the gods, sacred (Hdt.; rare in Att., never in Hom., Hes. and Trag., who use [[ἁγνός]]), hence, holy, characteristic of God, separated to God, worthy of veneration.<br /><b class="num">1.</b> Its highest application is to God himself, in his purity, majesty, and glory: Lk 1:49, Jo 17:11, Re 4:8. Hence<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>of things and places which have a claim to reverence as sacred to God, e.g. the Temple: Mt 24:15, He 9:1; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>of persons employed by him, as angels: I Th 3:13; prophets, Lk 1:70; apostles, Eph 3:5. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>Applied to persons as separated to God's service:<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>of Christ, Mk 1:24, Jo 6:69, Ac 4:30; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>of Christians, Ac 9:13, Ro 1:7, He 6:10, Re 5:8. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>In the moral sense of sharing God's purity: Mk 6:20, Jo 17:11, Ac 3:14, Re 3:7.<br /><b class="num">4.</b>Of pure, clean sacrifices and offerings: I Co 7:14, Eph 1:4. SYN.: [[ἁγνός]], pure, both in ceremonial and spiritual sense; [[ἱερός]] (sacer), sacred, that which is inviolable because of its (external) relation to God; [[ὅσιος]] (sanctus as opp. to nefas), that which is based on everlasting ordinances of right. (Cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxviii; DB, ii, 399 f.; Cremer, 34, 594-601; MM, VGT, s.v.)