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→Etymology: Synonyms and Antonyms: development - Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Old English - subheads Synonyms: Holy; Antonyms: Unholy
==Etymology: Synonyms and Antonyms==
==Etymology: Synonyms and Antonyms==
A consideration and study of the [[etymology]] of "holy" together with its synonyms and [[antonyms]] is useful in understanding its deeper meaning.<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/Holy holy (adj.) - etymonline.com]</ref> <ref>[https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/holy Holy - thesaurus.com]</ref> <ref>See Strong's concordance [http://biblehub.com/strongs/holy.htm Holy - biblehub.com]</ref>
A consideration and study of the [[etymology]] of "holy" together with its synonyms and [[antonyms]] is useful in understanding its deeper meaning.
===[[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>
====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.
====Greek ''hagios''====
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.
====Latin ''sanctus''====
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".
====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>
===Synonyms: Holy===
===Antonyms: Unholy===
==Bible references to holiness==
==Bible references to holiness==