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Is the occasional rendering, in the A.V., of two Heb. and one Greek term. A general term is ÷ֹãֶùׁ , kodesh (“ sanctuary,” Exo_30:13; Exo_30:24; Exo_36:1; Exo_36:3-4; Exo_36:6; Exo_38:25-27; Lev_4:6; Lev_5:15; Lev_10:4; Lev_27:3; Lev_27:25; Num_3:28; Num_3:31-32; Num_3:47; Num_3:50; Num_4:12; Num_4:15; Num_7:9; Num_7:13; Num_7:19; Num_7:25; Num_7:31; Num_7:37; Num_7:43; Num_7:49; Num_7:55; Num_7:61; Num_7:67; Num_7:73; Num_7:79; Num_7:85-86; Num_8:19; Num_18:3; Num_18:5; Num_18:10; 1Ch_9:29; Psa_20:2; Psa_58:2; Psa_68:24; Psa_74:3; Psa_77:13; Psa_114:2; Psa_150:1; Isa_43:28; Lam_4:1; Eze_41:21; Eze_41:23; Eze_42:20; Eze_44:27; Eze_45:2; Dan_8:13-14; Dan_9:26; Zep_3:4), which properly means holiness (often so rendered, frequently as an attribute, and perhaps to be regarded as a concrete of the sacred edifice), and especially the “holy place” (as very often rendered). The more specific term is îַ÷ְãָּùׁ , mikdash (invariably rendered “sanctuary,” except Amo_7:13, “chapel,” and twice in the plur. “holy place” [Psa_68:35; Eze_21:2]), which is from the same root, and signifies the local shrine. In the New Test. we have the corresponding ἃãéïí (“ sanctuary,” Heb_8:2; Heb_9:1-2; Heb_13:11; elsewhere “holy place” or “holiest”), which is simply the neut. of ἃãéïò , a general term for anything holy. SEE HOLY PLACE; SEE TABERNACLE; SEE TEMPLE.