What does ἁγιότης (hagiótēs) mean in the Bible?
ἁγιότης (hagiótēs): Abstract moral purity and separation from sin as God's defining characteristic, not merely external ritual status.
Greek · G41
ἁγιότης
Holiness
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ἁγιότηςG41
Pronunciationhagiótēs
What does ἁγιότης (hagiótēs) mean in the Bible?
ἁγιότης (hagiótēs): Abstract moral purity and separation from sin as God's defining characteristic, not merely external ritual status.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G41?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] holiness (1), holiness (1).
Where does ἁγιότης (hagiótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 1:12. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] holiness1×2 Corinthians 1:12
holiness1×Hebrews 12:10
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First aligned row2 Corinthians 1:12
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
2 Corinthians1Hebrews1
Source forms
ἁγιότητι1xhagiotēti2 Corinthians 1:12
ἁγιότητος1xhagiotētosHebrews 12:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 1:12
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xHebrews 12:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Abstract moral purity and separation from sin as God's defining characteristic, not merely external ritual status.
Strong'sG41
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
holiness
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Abstract moral purity and separation from sin as God's defining characteristic, not merely external ritual status.
(ἅγιος), [in LXX: 2Ma.15:2 * ;] sanctity, holiness, regarded, properly, as an abstract quality (see next word, and cf. Lft. Notes, 49; MM, VGT, see word): 2Co.1:12, Heb.12:10.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 12:10Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἁγιότητοςagiothtov
holiness
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternDative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineHeb 12:101×
Dative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 1:121×
Word Origins
ἁγιότης is built from this root: