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A consideration and study of the [[etymology]] of "holy" together with its synonyms and [[antonyms]] is useful in understanding its deeper meaning.  

A consideration and study of the [[etymology]] of "holy" together with its synonyms and [[antonyms]] is useful in understanding its deeper meaning.  

===[[Strong's|Strong's Concordance]] of the King James Bible===

===[[Strong's|Strong's Concordance]] of the King James Bible===

Strong's concordance has 602 entries under <small>HOLY</small><ref>[http://biblehub.com/strongs/holy.htm Holy - biblehub.com]</ref>

Strong's concordance has 611 entries in 544 verses under <small>HOLY</small> <ref>[https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=holy&t=KJV&ss=1#s=s_primary_0_1 Holy (blueletterbible.org)]</ref>

====Hebrew ''qodesh''====

====Hebrew ''qodesh''====

The Hebrew word is '''קדש''' ''qodesh'' "sacred".<ref>[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/6944 Strong's number 6944. '''קדש''' ''qodesh''; ''sacred, sanctity, consecrated''.]</ref> ''Ruach ha-Qodesh'' is Holy Spirit.

The Hebrew word is '''קדש''' ''qodesh'' "sacred".<ref>[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/6944 Strong's number 6944. '''קדש''' ''qodesh''; ''sacred, sanctity, consecrated''.]</ref> ''Ruach ha-Qodesh'' is Holy Spirit.

====Old English ''halig''====

====Old English ''halig''====

The Old English word is ''halig'', "holy, consecrated, sacred; godly; ecclesiastical," from the Proto-Germanic ''hailaga'', the source also of Old Norse ''heilagr'', Danish ''hellig'', Old Frisian ''helich'' "holy," Old Saxon ''helag'', Middle Dutch ''helich'', Old High German ''heilag'', German ''heilig'', Gothic ''hailags'' "holy"), from Proto-Indoeuropean ''kailo'', "whole, uninjured" (related to "[[health]]"). The primary probable [[secular]] meaning, "that must be preserved whole or intact, that cannot be transgressed or violated," is connected with Old English ''hal'' (related to "health") and Old High German ''heil'' "health, happiness, good luck" (source of the German salutation "Heil'''!'''").<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/Holy holy (adj.) - etymonline.com]</ref>

The Old English word is ''halig'', "holy, consecrated, sacred; godly; ecclesiastical," from the Proto-Germanic ''hailaga'', the source also of Old Norse ''heilagr'', Danish ''hellig'', Old Frisian ''helich'' "holy," Old Saxon ''helag'', Middle Dutch ''helich'', Old High German ''heilag'', German ''heilig'', Gothic ''hailags'' "holy"), from Proto-Indoeuropean ''kailo'', "whole, uninjured" (related to "[[health]]"). The primary probable [[secular]] meaning, "that must be preserved whole or intact, that cannot be transgressed or violated," is connected with Old English ''hal'' (related to "health") and Old High German ''heil'' "health, happiness, good luck" (source of the German salutation "Heil'''!'''").<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/Holy holy (adj.) - etymonline.com]</ref>

===Synonyms: Holy===

===Synonyms: Holy===

angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, glorified, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble,  

angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, glorified, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble,