noun · masculine

hagiasmos

Greekἁγιασμός (hagiasmos)

Strong’sG38

sanctification, holiness

stem hagiasm-10 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

sanctification6×holiness4×

What it means

† ἁγιασμός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< ἁγιάζω), [in LXX: Ez 45:4 (מִקְדָּשׁ), Si 7:31, etc.;]

as an active verbal noun in -μός, it signifies properly the process τὸ ἁγιάζειν, rather than the resultant state, ἁγιωσύνη, hence,

1. consecration;

2. sanctification: so strictly in Ro 6:19, 22 (but v. Meyer), I Co 1:30, I Th 4:3, 7, II Th 2:13, He 12:14, I Pe 1:2. Elsewhere it perhaps (Ellic.; but v. Milligan, Th., 48) inclines to the resultant state: I Th 4:4, I Ti 2:15 (Cremer, 55, 602).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G38 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhag-ee-as-mos'

properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

Fromfrom G37;

King Jamesholiness, sanctification.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	hagiasmos2×ἁγιασμὸς	hagiasmois
object accusative	hagiasmon3×ἁγιασμόν	hagiasmoin
direct address vocative	hagiasmor	hagiasmoir
of, belonging to genitive	hagiasmou	hagiasmoiu
to, for dative	hagiasmo5×ἁγιασμῷ	hagiasmoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hagiasmstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hagiasmo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

10 occurrences, every one of them listed

hagiasmos“sanctification”subjectnominative singular2×

1 Corinthians 1:30“sanctification”ek autou de vis avō en Christo Iēso, hos ginita sofias ni apo theou, dikaiosunas tē kai hagiasmos kai apolutrōsias,It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

1 Thessalonians 4:3“sanctification”houtem gar atō thelēmem tou theou, tos hagiasmos vu, apecherō vin apo tau porneiau,For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

hagiasmon“sanctification”objectaccusative singular3×

Romans 6:19“sanctification”anthrōpinem legamō dia tan asthenian tau sarxau vu; hōsper gar paristanava teim meleim vu douleim ta akatharsia kai ta anomia eis tan anomian, houtōs nun paristanavar teim meleim vu douleim ta dikaiosuna eis hagiasmon.I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

Romans 6:22“sanctification”nuni de, eleutheriratois apo tau hamartau douliratois de to theo, echavō ton karpon vu eis hagiasmon, tem de telem zōan aiōnian.But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.

Hebrews 12:14“holiness”Eirēnan diōkavōr meta pantoiu, kai ton hagiasmon, hou chōris oudenos horeti ton kurion,Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

hagiasmo“holiness”to, fordative singular5×

1 Thessalonians 4:4“holiness”oidarē hekaston vu tem heautou skeuem kterō en hagiasmo kai tima,each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:7“holiness”ouk gar kalata nin tos theos epi akatharsia alla en hagiasmo.For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

2 Thessalonians 2:13“sanctification”Nis de ofeilanō eucharistarō to theo pantote peri vu, adelfoir agapirētoir hupo kuriou, hoti haireta vin tos theos aparchan eis sōtērēan en hagiasmo pneumeu kai pistia alētheiau,But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

1 Timothy 2:15“holiness”sōziti de dia tau teknogoniau, ean menaleia en pistia kai agapa kai hagiasmo meta sōfrosunau.Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

1 Peter 1:2“sanctification”kata prognōsian theou patērou, en hagiasmo pneumeu, eis hupakoan kai rantismon haimeu Iēsu Christou; charias vi kai eirēnas plēthunitoia.according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.