# kadosh (קָדוֹשׁ)

pronounced: ka-DOSH


**Holy — set apart**

## In Scripture

> God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
> — Genesis 2:3 (The root's first appearance — the first thing called holy is a day, not a place)

> He said, “Don’t come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
> — Exodus 3:5 (Holiness makes a claim on how you stand in it)

> “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
> — Leviticus 19:2 (The core command — set apart because God is set apart)

> One called to another, and said,  “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
> — Isaiah 6:3 (The seraphim's threefold kadosh — the word at its highest pitch)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/kadosh/