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Hebrew adjective (Aramaic) · H6922

קַדִּישׁ

qaddishkad-deesh'

holy

13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: qaddîysh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6922is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 1 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 11
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6922

{sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary}

The King James renders it: holy (One), saint.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

qaddish is rendered "holy". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.

  • Thirteen of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 4:8But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:
  • The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.

The first use

But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:

Daniel 4:8קַדִּישִׁ֖ין

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirteen of the word's thirteen uses are in Daniel.

The other 38 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • holy7
  • and a holy2
  • holy of2
  • and obj. holy of1
  • for holy of1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 13, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

11 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • קַדִּישִׁ֖ין3
  • וּלְקַדִּישֵׁ֥י1
  • וְקַדִּ֔ישׁ1
  • וְקַדִּ֣ישׁ1
  • לְקַדִּישֵׁ֖י1
  • קַדִּישֵׁ֖י1
  • קַדִּישֵׁ֣י1
  • קַדִּישִׁין֙1
  • קַדִּישִׁין֮1
  • קַדִּישִׁ֑ין1
  • קַדִּישִֽׁין׃1

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · masculine plural7AAampa
  • adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2AAampc
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine or feminine singular2AC/Aabsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1AC/R/Aampc
  • preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1AR/Aampc

Daniel

thirteen uses
  • But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:

    Daniel 4:8

    • קַדִּישִׁ֖יןkadishinadjective · masculine pluraltagged: holy
  • “O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.

    Daniel 4:9

    • קַדִּישִׁין֙kadishinadjective · masculine pluraltagged: holy
  • As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

    Daniel 4:13

    • וְקַדִּ֔ישׁvekadishconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a holy
  • This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

    Daniel 4:17

    • קַדִּישִׁ֖יןkadishinadjective · masculine pluraltagged: holy
  • This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

    Daniel 4:18

    • קַדִּישִׁ֖יןkadishinadjective · masculine pluraltagged: holy
  • And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

    Daniel 4:23

    • וְקַדִּ֣ישׁvekadishconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and a holy
  • There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,

    Daniel 5:11

    • קַדִּישִׁין֮kadishinadjective · masculine pluraltagged: holy
  • But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’

    Daniel 7:18

    • קַדִּישֵׁ֖יkadisheiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: holy of
  • As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,

    Daniel 7:21

    • קַדִּישִׁ֑יןkadishinadjective · masculine pluraltagged: holy
  • until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.

    Daniel 7:22

    • לְקַדִּישֵׁ֖יlekadisheipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for holy of
    • קַדִּישִֽׁין׃kadishinadjective · masculine pluraltagged: holy
  • He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

    Daniel 7:25

    • וּלְקַדִּישֵׁ֥יulekadisheiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and obj. holy of
  • Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’

    Daniel 7:27

    • קַדִּישֵׁ֣יkadisheiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: holy of

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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