- ἁγιασμός
- ἁγιασμός, οῦ, ὁ (LXX; PsSol 17:30; Test12Patr.—Diod S 4, 39, 1 has ἁγισμός) personal dedication to the interests of the deity, holiness, consecration, sanctification; the use in a moral sense for a process or, more often, its result (the state of being made holy) is peculiar to our lit. (cp. Jer 6:16 v.l.; TestBenj 10:11) εἰς ἁγιασμόν for consecration (opp. εἰς ἀνομίαν) Ro 6:19, 22 (AcThom 121 [Aa II/2, 230, 23]). Opp. ἀκαθαρσία 1 Th 4:7; w. τιμή vs. 4, cp. vs. 3; w. πίστις and ἀγάπη 1 Ti 2:15; w. εἰρήνη Hb 12:14. ἐν ἁ. πνεύματος in consecration through the Spirit 2 Th 2:13; 1 Pt 1:2 (TestLevi 18:7 πνεῦμα ἁγιασμοῦ). Christ described as ἁ. w. δικαιοσύνη and ἀπολύτρωσις (abstr. for concr. author of holiness; cp. the triad in Did., Gen. 221, 15) 1 Cor 1:30. ποιεῖν τὰ τοῦ ἁ. πάντα do everything that belongs to holiness 1 Cl 30:1; ἐγκράτεια ἐν ἁ. self-control with consecration 35:2.—EGaugler, D. Heiligung in d. Ethik des Ap. Pls: Internat. kirchl. Ztschr. 15, 1925, 100–120; MEnslin, The Ethics of Paul 1930; SDjukanovič, Heiligkt u. Heilgg b. Pls, diss. Bern ’39.—DELG s.v. ἅζομαι. TW.
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