Definition

a sacred thing (i.e. spot)

Etymology

neuter of G40 (ἅγιος);

Word family

• ἅγιος hágios

How the KJV renders it

• holiest (of all)
• holy place
• sanctuary

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.