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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 42. ἁγιωσύνη (hagiósuné) -- Holiness, sanctification</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/42.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_corinthians/1-28.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/42.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 42</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/41.htm" title="41">◄</a> 42. hagiósuné <a href="../greek/43.htm" title="43">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">hagiósuné: Holiness, sanctification</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἁγιωσύνη</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>hagiósuné<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>hah-gee-o-soo'-nay<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hag-ee-o-soo'-nay)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Holiness, sanctification<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a holy or sanctified state.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from ἅγιος (hagios), meaning "holy" or "sacred."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with holiness is קֹדֶשׁ (qodesh), Strong's Hebrew 6944, which also signifies sacredness and separation unto God.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "hagiósuné" refers to the state or quality of being holy, emphasizing the process and condition of sanctification. It denotes a separation from sin and dedication to God, reflecting His purity and moral perfection. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the holiness that believers are called to pursue as they grow in their relationship with God.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, holiness was often associated with the divine and the sacred, set apart from the ordinary. For the early Christians, holiness was not just a ritualistic or external observance but a transformative process that involved the entire being—heart, mind, and actions. This concept was rooted in the Jewish understanding of holiness, where God is the ultimate standard of holiness, and His people are called to reflect His character.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 42</b> <i>hagiōsýnē</i> (another feminine noun derived from <a href="/greek/40.htm">40</a> <i>/hágios</i>) – <i>holiness</i> (sanctification) which focuses on the Holy Spirit's influence of preparing the believer for eternity. (The suffix, <i>-synē</i>, expresses this transformation as a character-<i>quality</i> that comes by the grace of God.) <a href="/greek/40.htm">See 40</a> (<i>hagios</i>).</p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/42.htm">42</a> <i>/hagiōsýnē</i> ("holiness/sanctification") is "the brand" of God's sanctification that brings His gift of holiness so the believer can fully enjoy eternal life now and in the hereafter. This specific "<i>holiness</i> results from (the process of) <a href="/greek/38.htm">38</a> <i>/hagiasmós</i>" (<i>Abbott-Smith</i>). </p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/42.htm">42</a> (<i>hagiōsýnē</i>) shares the same essential meaning as its root <a href="/greek/40.htm">40</a> <i>/hágios</i> ("holy, see there).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/40.htm">hagios</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>holiness<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>holiness (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 42: ἁγιωσύνη</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἁγιωσύνη</span></span> (on the omega <span class="greek2">ω</span> see references in <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀγαθωσύνη</span></span>, at the beginning), <span class="greek2">(ης</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span>, a word unknown to secular authors (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 73 (64)); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> (God's incomparable) <span class="accented">majesty</span> (joined to <span class="greek2">μεγαλοπρέπεια</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/95-6.htm">Psalm 95:6</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 96:6>), cf. <a href="/interlinear/psalms/144-5.htm">Psalm 144:5</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 145:5>)): <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span> <span class="greek2">ἁγιωσύνης</span> a spirit to which belongs <span class="greek2">ἁγιωσύνη</span>, not equivalent to <span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span> <span class="greek2">ἅγιον</span>, but the divine (?) spiritual nature in Christ as contrasted with his <span class="greek2">σάρξ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-4.htm">Romans 1:4</a>; cf. Rückert at the passage, and Zeller in his Theol. Jahrbb. for 1842, p. 486 ff; (yet cf. Meyer at the passage; Gifford (in the Speaker's Commentary). Most commentators (cf. e. g. Ellicott on Thess. as below) regard the word as uniformly and only signifying <span class="accented">holiness</span>). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">moral purity</span>: <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>holiness. <p>From <a href="/greek/40.htm">hagios</a>; sacredness (i.e. Properly, the quality) -- holiness. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/40.htm">hagios</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>αγιωσυνη αγιωσύνη ἁγιωσύνῃ αγιωσυνην αγιωσύνην ἁγιωσύνην αγιωσυνης αγιωσύνης ἁγιωσύνης agiosune agiōsunē agiosunen agiōsunēn agiosunes agiōsunēs hagiosyne hagiōsynē hagiosýnei hagiōsýnēi hagiosynen hagiosýnen hagiōsynēn hagiōsýnēn hagiosynes hagiosýnes hagiōsynēs hagiōsýnēs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κατὰ πνεῦμα <b>ἁγιωσύνης</b> ἐξ ἀναστάσεως</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to the Spirit <span class="itali">of holiness,</span> Jesus<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to the spirit <span class="itali">of holiness,</span> by<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> according to [the] Spirit <span class="itali">of holiness</span> by resurrection<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/7-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 7:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πνεύματος ἐπιτελοῦντες <b>ἁγιωσύνην</b> ἐν φόβῳ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> perfecting <span class="itali">holiness</span> in the fear<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> perfecting <span class="itali">holiness</span> in<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/7-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> spirit perfecting <span class="itali">holiness</span> in fear<p><b><a href="/text/1_thessalonians/3-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Thessalonians 3:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀμέμπτους ἐν <b>ἁγιωσύνῃ</b> ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_thessalonians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> without blame <span class="itali">in holiness</span> before<br><a href="/kjvs/1_thessalonians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unblameable in <span class="itali">holiness</span> before God,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/3-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> blameless in <span class="itali">holiness</span> before the<p><b><a href="/greek/42.htm">Strong's Greek 42</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_42.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/agio_sune__42.htm">ἁγιωσύνῃ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/agio_sune_n_42.htm">ἁγιωσύνην — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/agio_sune_s_42.htm">ἁγιωσύνης — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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