noun · feminine
hagiōsunas
Strong’sG42
a holy or sanctified state
stem hagiōsun-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἁγιωσύνη (cf. ἀγαθωσύνη), -ης, ἡ
(< ἅγιος), [in LXX: Ps 29 (30):4 96 (97):12 (קֹדֶשׁ), 95 (96):6 (עֹז), 144 (145):5 (הוֹד), II Mac 3:12*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G42 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhag-ee-o-soo'-nay
sacredness (i.e. properly, the quality)
Fromfrom G40;
King Jamesholiness.
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
holiness, sanctity, LXX+NT
II as title, Refs 6th c.AD+
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hagiōsunas | hagiōsunais |
| object accusative | hagiōsunan1×ἁγιωσύνην | hagiōsunain |
| direct address vocative | hagiōsunar | hagiōsunair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hagiōsunau1×ἁγιωσύνης | hagiōsunaiu |
| to, for dative | hagiōsuna1×ἁγιωσύνῃ | hagiōsunai |
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
hagiōsuna 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
hagiōsunan“holiness”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Corinthians 7:1… pantou molusmou sarkau kai pneumeu, epitelarōntois hagiōsunan en fobo theou.… that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
hagiōsunau“holiness”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Romans 1:4… huiou theou en dunamia kata pneumem hagiōsunau ek anastasiau nekroiu, Iēsu Christou tou …and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be …
hagiōsuna“holiness”to, fordative singular1×
1 Thessalonians 3:13… stērizara vu tain kardiain amemptain en hagiōsuna emprosthen tou theou kai patrou nu …… establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at …