| | The Greek word is '''άγιος''' ''hagios'' "holy"<ref>[http://biblehub.com/greek/40 Strong's number ''40''. '''άγιος''' ''hagios''; ''sacred, pure, blameless'' or ''religious'', (ceremonially) ''consecrated''.]</ref> ''[[Hagia Sophia]]'' is Holy Wisdom. | | The Greek word is '''άγιος''' ''hagios'' "holy"<ref>[http://biblehub.com/greek/40 Strong's number ''40''. '''άγιος''' ''hagios''; ''sacred, pure, blameless'' or ''religious'', (ceremonially) ''consecrated''.]</ref> ''[[Hagia Sophia]]'' is Holy Wisdom. |
| − | The Latin word ''sanctus'' for "holy" is in the [[Sanctus]] of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]], drawn from the Old Testament text of Isaiah 6:1-4, and the New Testament text of Revelation 4:8, the biblical basis for the Christian [[hymn]] "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty". | + | The Latin word ''sanctus'' for "holy" is in the [[Sanctus]] of the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]], drawn from the Old Testament text of Isaiah 6:1-4, and the New Testament text of Revelation 4:8, the biblical basis for the Christian [[hymn]] [[Holy, Holy, Holy|"Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty"]]. |
| | 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> |