ἅγιον

hagion

Holy Place

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Strong’s G39Adjective11 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Hebrews11

Translated as

holy places7

holy place1

the holy places1

holies1

of holies1

In the text

Hebrews 8:2ἁγίων
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

Abbott-Smith

ἅγιος, -α, ον
(τό ἅγός, religious awe; ἅζω, to venerate), [in LXX chiefly for קֹ֫דֶשׁ ;]
primarily, dedicated to the gods, sacred (Hdt.; rare in Att., never in Hom., Hes. and Trag., who use ἁγνός), hence, holy, characteristic of God, separated to God, worthy of veneration.

1. Its highest application is to God himself, in his purity, majesty, and glory: Luk.1:49, Jhn.17:11, Rev.4:8. Hence

(a) of things and places which have a claim to reverence as sacred to God, e.g. the Temple: Mat.24:15, Heb.9:1;

(b) of persons employed by him, as angels: 1Th.3:13; prophets, Luk.1:70; apostles, Eph.3:5.

2. Applied to persons as separated to God's service:

(a) of Christ, Mrk.1:24, Jhn.6:69, Act.4:30;

(b) of Christians, Act.9:13, Rom.1:7, Heb.6:10, Rev.5:8.

3. In the moral sense of sharing God's purity: Mrk.6:20, Jhn.17:11, Act.3:14, Rev.3:7.

4. Of pure, clean sacrifices and offerings: 1Co.7:14, Eph.1:4.
SYN.: ἁγνός, pure, both in ceremonial and spiritual sense; ἱερός (sacer), sacred, that which is inviolable because of its (external) relation to God; ὅσιος (sanctus as opposite to nefas), that which is …

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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.