ἁγιάζω, Hellenistic form of ἁγίζω
(ἅγιος),
to make holy, consecrate, sanctify; [in LXX chiefly for קדשׁ pi., hi. ;]
__1. to dedicate, separate, set apart for God; of things: Mat.23:17,19, 2Ti.2:21; of persons: Christ, Jhn.10:36, 17:19.
__2. to purify, make conformable in character to such dedication: forensically, to free from guilt, 1Co.6:11, Eph.5:26, Heb.2:11, 10:10, 14, 29, 13:12; internally, by actual sanctification of life, Jhn.17:17, 19, Act.20:32, 26:18, Rom.15:16, 1Co.1:2, 7:14, 1Th.5:23, Rev.22:11; of a nonbeliever influenced by marriage with a Christian, 1Co.7:14.
__3. In the intermediate sense of ceremonial or levitical purification:
__(a) of things, 2Ti.2:21;
__(b) of persons, Heb.9:13.
__4. to treat as holy: Mat.6:9, Luk.11:2, 1Pe.3:16 (Cremer, 53, 602; MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)