α, ον [ᾰ]
      1 saint, sacré, auguste, en parl. de choses, abs. XÉN. Hell. 3, 2, 14 ; avec un gén. : Ἀφροδίτης ἱρὸν ἅγιον, HDT. 2, 41, temple consacré à Aphrodite ; cf. PLAT. Criti. 116 c ; τὸ ἅγιον, chose sainte, SPT. 3Reg. 8, 7 ; 1 Macc. 10, 39 ; NT. Matth. 7, 6 ; ou lieu saint, particul. le Tabernacle du temple de Jérusalem, SPT. Ex. 36, 1 ; 1 Macc. 10, 42, etc. ; τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ ἁγίου, ou τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων, SPT. Ex. 26, 33, etc. ; NT. Hebr. 9, 3, etc. le saint des saints ; en parl. de pers. saint, pur, pieux, AR. Av. 522 ;
      2 en mauv. part, consacré aux dieux infernaux, d’où maudit, exécrable (cf. lat. sacer) CRAT. (Com. fr. 2, 188).

• Cp. -ώτερος, PLAT. Crit. 51 a ; • Sup. -ώτατος, PLAT. Leg. 729 e, etc.

➳ Inus. dans Hom. et Hés. ; chez les Trag. ἁγνός.

Étym. R. indo-europ. *Hieh₂ǵ- et suff. *-iHo-, sacrifice ; apparenté à ἅζομαι.

[ᾰ], α, ον, devoted to the gods; in good sense, sacred, holy; of things, esp. temples, Ἀφροδίτης ἱρὸν ἅ. Hdt. 2.41; ἱρὸν Ἡρακλέος ἅ. ib. 44, cf. Pl. Criti. 116c, X. HG 3.2.19; θηρίον Antiph. 147.7; νηὸν ἐπὶ τῷ χάσματι Ἥρης ἅ. ἐστήσατο Luc. Syr. D. 13; generally, θυσίαι, ξυμβόλαια, Isoc. 10.63, Pl. Lg. 729e (Sup.); μητρός… ἐστι πατρὶς ἁγιώτερον Id. Cri. 51a; ὅρκος ἅ. Arist. Mir. 834b11; ἅ., τό, temple, OGI 56.59 (Canopus), LXX Ex. 26.33, al., cf. Ep. Heb. 9.2; τὸ ἅ. τῶν ἁγίων Holy of Holies, LXX l.c. ; τὰ ἅ. τῶν ἁ. 3 Ki. 8.6, etc., cf. Ep. Heb. 9.3. of persons, holy, pure, Ar. Av. 522 (anap.); λαὸς ἅ. Κυρίῳ LXX De. 7.6, al. ; οἱ ἅ.
the Saints, 1 Ep. Cor. 6.1, al. ; πνεῦμα ἅ.
the Holy Spirit, Ev. Matt. 3.11, al. Adv. ἁγίως καὶ σεμνῶς ἔχειν Isoc. 11.25. in bad sense, accursed, execrable, Cratin. 373, Eust. 1356.59. — Never in Hom., Hes., or Trag. (who use ἁγνός); rare in Att. (v. supr.). (Possibly cognate with Skt. yajati ΄sacrifice΄.)

(vgl. ἅγος, ἅζω), c. gen., heilig, einer Gottheit geweiht ; ἱερὸν θεοῦ ἅγιον Her. 2.41 ; ἱερὸν μάλα ἅγιον Xen. Hell. 3.2.14 ; θυσία Isocr. 10.63, wo vor Bekker ἁγίους θυσίας stand ; Ἀφροδίτης 2.41 ; so auch Isocr. Areop. 49 ; superlat. Xen. Hell. 3.2.14 ; Plat. Criti. 116c ; Sp.; – absolut, ehrwürdig, Ar. Av. 522 ; scheuerregend, rein (σεβάσμιος, καθαρός); mit σεμνός verbunden, νοῦς Plat. Soph. 249a ; πατρίς Crit. 51a ; auch allein, τόπος Legg. X.904d ; συμβόλαια V.279c ; ἁγιώτατα σώματα Plut. Symp. 5.7.5. Bei Tragikern findet sich das Wort nicht, denn Aesch. Suppl. 858 ist zw. L. – Sehr häufig im NT. heilig, rein, abgesondert. In der Bdtg : verflucht, wie sacer, μιαρός, Cratin. in B.A. p. 337.
• Adv. ἁγίως.

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 opp. to nefas), that which is based on everlasting ordinances of right. (Cf. Tr., Syn., §lxxxviii; DB, ii, 399 f.; Cremer, 34, 594-601; MM, VGT, see word) (AS)