Kadesh
This name requires very little in the way of comment. Kadesh means holy; and
comes from a root meaning to be clean. Parkhurst says of the word, “To separate
or set apart from its common or ordinary to some higher use or purpose.” This is
the essential meaning of the word. In this sense it has many applications in the
Scriptures, particularly in relation to Israel and the things associated with
their worship. In its application to God it is represented by the expression,
the Holy One. In reality there is no word for One as expressed, but as the
Hebrew is invariably in the singular it is convenient to express it as the Holy
One. Once or twice we read of holy ones, but that is in a different application
and does not refer to God.
The following is a list of the places where it occurs in reference to God.
| Lev. 11. 44, 45; 19. 2; 20. 26; 21. 8 |
| 2 Kings 19. 22 |
| Job 6. 10 |
| Psalm 22. 3; 71. 22; 78. 41; 89. 18; 99. 3. 5, 9; 111. 9 |
| Prov. 9. 10; 30. 3 |
| Isaiah 1. 4; 5. 19, 24; 10. 17, 20; 12. 6; 17. 7;I 29.19, 23; 30. 11, 12, 15; 31. 1; 37. 23; 40. 25; 41. 14, 16, 20; 43. 3, 14, 15; 45. 11; 47. 4; 48. 17; 49. 7 (twice); 54. 5; 55. 5; 57. 15; 60- 9, 14 |
| Jer. 50. 29; 51. 5 |
| Ezek. 39. 7 |
| Hosea 11. 9 |
| Hab. 1. 12; 3. 3. |