Leviticus 21:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְקִדַּשְׁתּ֔וֹ כִּֽי־אֶת־לֶ֥חֶם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא מַקְרִ֑יב קָדֹשׁ֙ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֔ךְ כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-qiddaštô kî-ʾet-leḥem ʾĕlōhêḵā he maqrîb qādōš yihyeh-to-you kî qādôš I YHWH məqaddiškêm.

Grammar Details

*qiddaštô*: piel perfect 2nd masculine singular with object suffix - you shall sanctify him
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*leḥem*: masculine singular noun - bread/food
*ʾĕlōhêḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
*maqrîb*: hiphil participle masculine singular - offering/bringing near
*qādōš*: masculine singular adjective - holy
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he shall be
*qādôš*: masculine singular adjective - holy
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*məqaddiškêm*: piel participle masculine singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your sanctifier

Word Meanings

*qiddaštô*: sanctify him/set him apart/consider him holy
*leḥem*: bread/food/sustenance
*maqrîb*: offers/brings near/presents
*məqaddiškêm*: who sanctifies you/who makes you holy

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Referenced Verses

Lev 21:6 : 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
John 10:36 : 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world , Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
John 17:19 : 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Heb 7:26 : 26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Heb 10:29 : 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Exod 19:10 : 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
Exod 19:14 : 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Exod 28:41 : 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exod 29:1 : 1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
Exod 29:43-44 : 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
Lev 11:44-45 : 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Lev 20:7-8 : 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lev 21:6-7
2 verses
85%
6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
7They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Lev 21:21-23
3 verses
84%
21No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23Only 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.
Lev 20:7-8
2 verses
82%
7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
Lev 19:2
80%
2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Lev 20:26
80%
26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Lev 21:15-16
2 verses
80%
15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 22:15-17
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79%
15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
16Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
17And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 22:31-32
2 verses
79%
31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
32Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
Lev 11:44-45
2 verses
78%
44For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
45For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Lev 22:9-10
2 verses
78%
9They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
Exod 30:29
78%
29And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Num 18:9-10
2 verses
78%
9This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
10In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
Lev 22:1-3
3 verses
77%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
3Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
Num 6:8
77%
8All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
Lev 19:30
76%
30Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Lev 6:17-18
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75%
17It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
18All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Exod 29:33-34
2 verses
75%
33And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
34And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
1 Pet 1:16
75%
16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Lev 7:6
75%
6Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
Lev 22:25-26
2 verses
75%
25Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
26And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 22:7
74%
7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
Lev 21:12
74%
12Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
Lev 26:2
74%
2Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Lev 10:13
74%
13And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.
Exod 29:27
74%
27And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
Exod 31:13
73%
13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Exod 29:31
73%
31And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
Lev 17:8
73%
8And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
Lev 2:8
73%
8And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
Exod 29:37
73%
37Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
Lev 27:9
73%
9And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
Lev 19:8
73%
8Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Num 8:14
73%
14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Lev 6:29
73%
29All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.