The Attributes Of God (6): The Holiness of God

Its Idea. The principal words in Scripture for the concept, "holiness", are KADOSH in Hebrew and HAGIOS in the New Testament Greek. These words mean fundamentally "purity", either physical or moral, and particularly "freedom" from moral defilement. However, the root meaning of the word is closely associated with "cutting, separating", so that "holiness" refers to a separation from evil and corruption and consecration to the Lord. Its Prominent Mention in Holy Writ. Its Idea. The principal...