KJV dictionary & concordance
To set apart as holy, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, cleanse, purify, or treat as holy.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 13:2
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.
Thou shalt sanctifie him therfore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shalbe holy vnto thee: for I the LORD which sanctifie you, am holy.
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.
Neither shal he prophane his seed among his people: for I the LORD doe sanctifie him.
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
Onely he shall not goe in vnto the Uaile, nor come nigh vnto the Altar, because he hath a blemish, that he prophane not my Sanctuaries: for I the LORD doe sanctifie them.
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.
They shall therefore keepe mine Ordinance, lest they beare sinne for it, and die therefore, if they prophane it: I the LORD doe sanctifie them.
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
Or suffer them to beare the iniquitie of trespasse, when they eate their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctifie them.
1611 marginal noteOr, lade themselues with the iniquity of trespasse in their eating.
¶ And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
¶ And when a man shall sanctifie his house to be holy vnto the LORD, then the Priest shal estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the Priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
And if a man shall sanctifie vnto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: An Homer of barley seed shall be valued at fiftie shekels of siluer.
1611 marginal noteOr, the land of an Homer, &c.
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
If hee sanctifie his field from the yeere of Iubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
But if hee sanctifie his field after the Iubile, then the Priest shall reckon vnto him the money, according to the yeeres that remaine, euen vnto the yeere of the Iubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
And if a man sanctifie vnto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fieldes of his possession:
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Historical English dictionary sources
In a general sense, to cleanse, purify or make holy. […] To separate, set apart or appoint to a holy, sacred or religious use. […] To sanctify God, to praise and celebrate him as a holy being; to acknowledge and honor his holy majesty, and to reverence his character and laws.
