"sanctification, moral purity, sanctity"
Definition and meaning
sanctification, moral purity, sanctity
In the original Greek the word is written: ἁγιασμός
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of hagiasmos (G38) across the King James Bible.
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
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Common questions
Strong's G38 (hagiasmos) is a Greek word that means: sanctification, moral purity, sanctity It appears 10 times in the King James Bible.
The word hagiasmos (G38) appears 10 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G38 is hagiasmos, a Greek word defined as: sanctification, moral purity, sanctity. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
hagiasmos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.