adjective
hagios
Strong’sG40
set apart, holy, sacred
stem hagi-233 times in the New Testamentin 23 of 27 books21 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Holy or sacred — set apart for God, dedicated to the divine. The word originally meant devoted to the gods in a general sense 3, but in biblical usage it describes what is holy, separated to God, and worthy of reverence 124. It is used at its highest of God himself, in his purity, majesty, and glory 1; of things and places sacred to God, such as the temple 13; and of persons set apart for God's service, including angels, prophets, and apostles, as well as Christ and Christians as consecrated to him 13. Beyond this formal dedication, the word also carries a moral sense of sharing in God's own purity and blamelessness 12, and it describes offerings and sacrifices reckoned pure and acceptable to God 1. The term is related to a root meaning religious awe or veneration 12.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἅγιος, -α, ον
(< τό ἅγός, religious awe; ἅζω, to venerate), [in LXX chiefly for קֹ֫דֶשׁ;]
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.)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G40 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhag'-ee-os
sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
Fromfrom ἅγος (an awful thing) (compare G53, G2282);
King James(most) holy (one, thing), saint.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
devoted to the gods:
I in good sense, sacred, holy:
I.1 of things, especially temples, ἈΦροδίτης ἱρὸν ἅ.Refs 5th c.BC+; ἱρο᾽ν Ἡρακλέος ἅ.Refs 5th c.BC+; μητρός.. ἐστι πατρὶς ἁγιώτερονRefs 4th c.BC+; ἅ., τό, temple, LXX+NTHoly of Holies, NT
I.2 of persons, holy, pure, LXX+5th c.BC+ οἱ ἅ. the Saints, NT πνεῦμα ἅ. the Holy Spirit, NT adverb ἁγίως καὶ σεμνῶς ἔχεινRefs 5th c.BC+
II in bad sense, accursed, execrable, Refs 8th c.BC+; rare in Attic dialect (see. above). (Possibly cognate with Sanskrit yajati 'sacrifice'.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hagios12×ἅγιος | hagias6×ἁγία | hagiem39×ἅγιον | hagiois6×ἅγιοι | hagiais1×ἅγιαι | hagieim7×ἅγια |
| object accusative | hagion7×ἅγιον | hagian6×ἁγίαν | hagioin12×ἁγίους | hagiain | ||
| direct address vocative | hagior2×ἅγιος | hagiar | hagioir2×ἅγιοι | hagiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hagiou4×ἁγίου | hagiau3×ἁγίας | hagieu38×ἁγίου | hagioiu34×ἁγίων | hagiaiu | hagieiu4×ἁγίων |
| to, for dative | hagio1×ἁγίῳ | hagia1×ἁγίᾳ | hagie25×ἁγίῳ | hagioi19×ἁγίοις | hagiai3×ἁγίαις | hagiei |
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
hagi 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
233 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
hagios“holy”subjectnominative singular12×, 6 shown
Mark 1:24… nin? oidamē sin tinos asō, tos hagios tou theou.… I know who You are — the Holy One of God!”
Luke 4:34… nin? oidamē sin tinos asō, tos hagios tou theou.… I know who You are — the Holy One of God!”
John 6:69… kai gnōskanē hoti sis asō tos hagios tou theou.… and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
Romans 7:12hōste tos men nomos hagios, kai tas entolas hagias kai dikaias …So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous …
1 Corinthians 3:17… theos; tos gar naos tou theou hagios atō, hotinois avō vis.… destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
1 Peter 1:16… grafotē hoti Hagiois evi, hoti mis hagios.… written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
hagion“holy”objectaccusative singular7×, 6 shown
Mark 6:20… Iōannon, horarēntos auton andron dikaion kai hagion, kai suntērate auton, kai akouarantos autou …… that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words …
Acts 3:14vis de ton hagion kai dikaion arneva kai aiteva andron …You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that …
Acts 4:27… en ta pola houta epi ton hagion paidon su Iēsun, hon chriasa, Hērōdos …… the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Acts 21:28… eis tem hierem kai koinatē ton hagion topon houton.… into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
Ephesians 2:21… pantas oikodomas sunarmologorōntas auxatō eis naon hagion en kurio,… fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
Philippians 4:21“saint”Aspazevar panton hagion en Christo Iēso. aspazolō vin tois …Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings.
hagior“Holy”direct addressvocative singular2×
John 17:11… alō, kamis pros sin erchomō. patror hagior, tērasar autoin en te onome su …… and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name …
Revelation 6:10… legarōntois; Heōs pote, tos despotor tos hagior kai alēthinor, ouk krinasō kai ekdikasō …… loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those …
hagiou“holy”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Acts 4:30… terateim genorō dia teu onomeu tou hagiou paidou su Iēsu.… wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
Acts 6:13… lalarōntos rēmeim kata tou topou tou hagiou kai tou nomou,… man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
Acts 10:22… ethneu toiu Ioudaioiu, chrēmatizita hupo angelou hagiou metapempera sin eis ton oikon autou …… among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your …
1 John 2:20kai vis chrismem echavō apo tou hagiou kai oidavē pantois;… however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know …
hagio“holy”to, fordative singular1×
Matthew 24:15… Daniēl tou profētou stēarēntem en topo hagio, tos anagnōskarōntos noatōr,… when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken …
hagias“holy”subjectnominative singular6×
Acts 7:33… gar topos epi ho stēasē gēas hagias atō.… place where you are standing is holy ground.
Romans 7:12… men nomos hagios, kai tas entolas hagias kai dikaias kai agathas.… is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Romans 11:16ei de tas aparchas hagias, kai tem furamem; kai ei tas …… first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if …
Romans 11:16… tem furamem; kai ei tas rizas hagias, kai tois kladois.… whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
1 Corinthians 7:34… merimnatō teim tou kuriou, hina ateiō hagias kai te sōme kai te pneume; …… the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But …
Ephesians 5:27… tinem teiu toiouteiu, alla hina ateiō hagias kai amōmas.… wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
hagian“holy”objectaccusative singular6×
Matthew 4:5… paralabatō auton tos diabolos eis tan hagian polan, kai stēata auton epi tem …… the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the …
Matthew 27:53… tan egersian autou eiserchala eis tan hagian polan kai emfanizila polloi.… of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
Romans 12:1… parastēara teim sōmeim vu thusian zōarōntan hagian euarestan to theo, tan logikan latreian …… offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is …
Revelation 11:2… tei ethnei, kai tan polan tan hagian patali mēnoin tesserakonta duo.… nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Revelation 21:2kai tan polan tan hagian Ierousalēm kainan horama katabainarōntan ek tou …I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down …
Revelation 21:10… kai deikata mi tan polan tan hagian Ierousalēm katabainarōntan ek tou ouranou apo …… and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out …
hagiau“holy”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Luke 1:72… toiu patroiu nu kai mimnēskira diathēkau hagiau autou,… our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
2 Peter 2:21… epignōskarantoi hupostrefara ek tau paradōirantau autoi hagiau entolau;… then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
Revelation 22:19… zōau kai ek tau polau tau hagiau, toiu graforēntoiu en te biblie houte.… the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this …
hagia“holy”to, fordative singular1×
2 Timothy 1:9tou sōzarantou nin kai kalarantou klēsia hagia, ouk kata teim ergeim nu alla …… us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works …
hagiem“Holy”subject or objectdirect singular39×, 12 shown
Matthew 7:6Mē dōaveia tem hagiem toi kunoi, mēde balaveia toin margaritoin …Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before …
Mark 3:29… an blasfēmateia eis tem pneumem tem hagiem, ouk echatō afesian eis ton aiōnon, …But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he …
Luke 3:22kai katabainara tem pneumem tem hagiem sōmatike eide hōs peristeran epi auton, …and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a …
Luke 11:13… patros tos ek ouranou dōati pneumem hagiem toi aitarōntoi auton.… your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Luke 12:10… afiēkiti auto to de eis tem hagiem pneumem blasfēmaranto ouk afiēkiti.… forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
John 20:22… emfusata kai legatō autoi; Labavar pneumem hagiem;… on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13:11… tois lalarōntois alla tem pneumem tem hagiem.… not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 1:35… apokrinirantos tos angelos legata auta; Pneumem hagiem epercheti epi sin, kai dunamias Hupsistou …The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and …
Luke 1:35… episkiazati si; dio kai tem gennorōntem hagiem kaliti, huios theou;… High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be …
Luke 1:49… poiata mi megeim tos dunatos, kai hagiem tem onomem autou,… has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
Luke 2:23“holy”… kuriou hoti Pantem arsenem dianoigarōntem mētran hagiem to kurio kaliti,… of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
Luke 2:25… paraklēsian tou Israēl, kai pneumem ate hagiem epi auton;… the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
hagieu“Holy”of, belonging togenitive singular38×, 6 shown
Matthew 1:18… heuriskita en gastra echarōntas ek pneumeu hagieu.… to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:20… en auta gennirantem ek pneumeu atō hagieu;… conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 12:32… an legateia kata teu pneumeu teu hagieu, ouk afiēkiti auto oute en houto …… forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either …
Matthew 28:19… patrou kai tou huiou kai teu hagieu pneumeu,… of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Luke 1:15… sikera ouk mē pinateia, kai pneumeu hagieu pimplēiti ēti ek koiliau mētērau autou,… he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 1:41… ta koilia autau, kai pimplēita pneumeu hagieu tas Elisabet,… and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
hagie“Holy”to, fordative singular25×, 6 shown
Matthew 3:11… bastazara; autos vin baptizati en pneume hagie kai pure;… He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Mark 1:8… autos de baptizati vin en pneume hagie.… He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Mark 12:36… David legata en te pneume te hagie; Legata kurios to kurio mu; Kathosōr …Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord …
Luke 3:16… autou; autos vin baptizati en pneume hagie kai pure;… He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Luke 10:21… ta hōra agallieta te pneume te hagie kai legata; Exomologomō si, patror kurior …… that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You …
John 1:33… houtos atō tos baptizarōntos en pneume hagie;… He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
hagiois“holy”subjectnominative plural6×, 5 shown
1 Corinthians 6:2ē ouk oidavē hoti tois hagiois ton kosmon krinali? kai ei en …Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if …
2 Corinthians 13:12“saints”… en hagie filēme. aspazolō vin tois hagiois pantois.… one another with a holy kiss.
Philippians 4:22aspazolō vin pantois tois hagiois, malista de tois ek tau Kaisarou …All the saints send you greetings, especially those from …
Colossians 3:12Enduevar oun hōs eklektois tou theou, hagiois kai agaporēntois, splanchneim oiktirmou, chrēstotan, tapeinofrosunan, …Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts …
1 Peter 1:15… ton kalaranton vin hagion kai autois hagiois en panta anastrofa genivar,… called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
hagioin“saints”objectaccusative plural12×, 6 shown
Acts 9:32… dia panteiu katerchara kai pros toin hagioin toin katoikarōntoin Luddan.… area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
Acts 9:41… cheiran anastēata autan, fōnarantos de toin hagioin kai tain chērain parastēata autan zōarōntan.… her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to …
Romans 16:15… Olumpon kai toin sun autoi pantoin hagioin.… sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.
1 Corinthians 16:1… de tau logeiau tau eis toin hagioin, hōsper diatassama tai ekklēsai tau Galatiau, …Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I …
2 Corinthians 8:4… koinōnian tau diakoniau tau eis toin hagioin… sharing in this service to the saints.
2 Corinthians 9:1… gar tau diakoniau tau eis toin hagioin perissem mi atō tem grafarō vi,Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me …
hagioir“holy”direct addressvocative plural2×
Hebrews 3:1Hothen, adelfoir hagioir, klēsiau epouranau metochoir, katanoavar ton apostolon …Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly …
Revelation 18:20Eufranosōr epi auta, ouranor, kai tois hagioir kai tois apostoloir kai tois profētoir, …… over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God …
hagioiu“saints”of, belonging togenitive plural34×, 6 shown
Matthew 27:52… anoigila kai polleim sōmeim toiu koimorēntoiu hagioiu egerila,… open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
Mark 8:38… patrou autou meta toiu angeloiu toiu hagioiu.… in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Luke 1:70kathōs lalata dia stomeu toiu hagioiu apo aiōnou profētoiu autou,as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
Luke 9:26… autou kai tou patrou kai toiu hagioiu angeloiu.… of the Father and of the holy angels.
Acts 3:21… lalata tos theos dia stomeu toiu hagioiu apo aiōnou autou profētoiu.… God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
Acts 26:10… en Hierosolumei, kai polloin tē toiu hagioiu mis en fulakai katakleiama tan para …… priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were …
hagioi“saints”to, fordative plural19×, 6 shown
Acts 9:13… tou androu houtou, hoseim kakoseim toi hagioi su poiata en Ierousalēm;… harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
Romans 1:7… arōntoi en Rōma agapētoi theou, klētoi hagioi; charitas vi kai eirēnas apo theou …… by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from …
Romans 15:25… de poreuomō eis Ierousalēm diakonarōntos toi hagioi.… way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
Romans 15:31… mu tas eis Ierousalēm euprosdektas toi hagioi geneteia,… Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,
1 Corinthians 1:2“saints”… Iēso, ta arōnta en Korintha, klētoi hagioi, sun pantoi toi epikalorōntoi tem onomem …… of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our …
1 Corinthians 16:15… tau Achaiau kai eis diakonian toi hagioi tassala heautoin;… themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
hagiais“holy”subjectnominative plural1×
1 Peter 3:5houtōs gar pote kai tais hagiais gunaikais tais elpizarōntais eis theon kosmale …For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves …
hagiai“holy”to, fordative plural3×
Romans 1:2… dia toiu profētoiu autou en grafai hagiai… beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
2 Peter 3:11“holy”… luorōnteiu potapoin datō huparcharō vin en hagiai anastrofai kai eusebeiai,… of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
Jude 1:14… Henōch legarōntos; Idou erchata kurios en hagiai muriadai autou,… is coming with myriads of His holy ones
hagieim“Holy place”subject or objectdirect plural7×
1 Corinthians 7:14… tekneim vu akatharteim atō, nun de hagieim atō.… be unclean, but now they are holy.
Hebrews 9:2… tas prothesias toiu artoiu, hotinas legotō Hagieim;… consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
Hebrews 9:3… tem deuterem katapetasmem skēnas tas legorōntas Hagieim Hagieiu,… was a room called the Most Holy Place,
Hebrews 9:12… idieu haimeu, eiserchata efapax eis teim hagieim, aiōnian lutrōsian heuriskerantos.… calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own …
Hebrews 9:24ouk gar eis cheiropoiēteim eiserchata hagieim Christos, antitupeim teiu alēthineiu, alla eis …… a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now …
Hebrews 9:25… hōsper tos archierevos eiserchotō eis teim hagieim kata eniauton en haime allotrie,… the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is …
Hebrews 13:11“sanctuary”… tem haimem peri hamartau eis teim hagieim dia tou archierevou, houteiu teim sōmeim …Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned …
hagieiu“sanctuary”of, belonging togenitive plural4×
Hebrews 8:2teiu hagieiu leitourgos kai tau skēnau tau alēthinau, …and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by …
Hebrews 9:3“holies”… deuterem katapetasmem skēnas tas legorōntas Hagieim Hagieiu,Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
Hebrews 9:8… teu hagieu, mēpō fanerorē tan teiu hagieiu hodan ēti tau prōtau skēnau echarōntau …… that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as …
Hebrews 10:19“sanctuary”… adelfoir, parrēsian eis tan eisodan teiu hagieiu en te haime Iēsu,Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
hagiotata1×
Jude 1:20vis de, agapētoir, epoikodomarōntois heautoin ta hagiotata vu pistia, en pneume hagie proseuchorōntois,… by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy …