King James Bible Dictionary

HO'LY, adjective

1. Properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense. Hence, pure in heart, temper or dispositions; free from sin and sinful affections. Applied to the Supreme Being, holy signifies perfectly pure, immaculate and complete in moral character; and man is more or less holy as his heart is more or less sanctified, or purified from evil dispositions. We call a man holy when his heart is conformed in some degree to the image of God, and his life is regulated by the divine precepts. Hence, holy is used as nearly synonymous with good, pious, godly.

Be ye holy; for I am holy 1 Peter 1:16.

2. Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use, or to the service or worship of God; a sense frequent in Scripture; as the holy sabbath; holy oil; holy vessels; a holy nation; the holy temple; a holy priesthood.

3. Proceeding from pious principles, or directed to pious purposes; as holy zeal.

4. Perfectly just and good; as the holy law of God.

5. Sacred; as a holy witness.

Holy of holies, in Scripture, the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest, once a year.

Holy Ghost, or holy Spirit, the Divine Spirit; the third person in the Trinity; the sanctifier of souls.

Holy war, a war undertaken to rescue the holy land, the ancient Judea, from the infidels; a crusade; an expedition carried on by christians against the Saracens in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries; a war carried on in a most unholy manner.

See Holiday
Holiday

The third Person of the adorable Trinity.

His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attributes of personality, as intelligence and volition, are ascribed to him (John 14:17, 26; 15:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10, 11; 12:11). He reproves, helps, glorifies, intercedes (John 16:7-13; Romans 8:26). (2) He executes the offices peculiar only to a person. The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction (Luke 12:12; Acts 5:32; 15:28; 16:6; 28:25; 1 Corinthians 2:13; Hebrews 2:4; 3:7; 2 Peter 1:21).

His divinity is established (1) from the fact that the names of God are ascribed to him (Exodus 17:7; Psalms 95:7; comp. Hebrews 3:7-11); and (2) that divine attributes are also ascribed to him, omnipresence (Psalms 139:7; Ephesians 2:17, 18; 1 Corinthians 12:13); omniscience (1 Corinthians 2:10, 11); omnipotence (Luke 1:35; Romans 8:11); eternity (Hebrews 9:4). (3) Creation is ascribed to him (Genesis 1:2; Job 26:13; Psalms 104:30), and the working of miracles (Matthew 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:9-11). (4) Worship is required and ascribed to him (Isaiah 6:3; Acts 28:25; Romans 9:1; Revelation 1:4; Matthew 28:19).

The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitted to enter it except the high priest, and that only once a year. It contained the ark of the covenant only (Exodus 25:10-16). It was in the form of a perfect cube of 20 cubits. (See TABERNACLE.)

One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Exodus 26:31; 37:17-25; Hebrews 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it had no opening to admit the light. It contained the table of showbread (Exodus 25:23-29) and the golden altar of incense (30:1-11). It was divided from the holy of holies by a veil of the most costly materials and the brightest colours.

The arrangement of the temple (q.v.) was the same in this respect. In it the walls of hewn stone were wainscotted with cedar and overlaid with gold, and adorned with beautiful carvings. It was entered from the porch by folding doors overlaid with gold and richly embossed. Outside the holy place stood the great tank or "sea" of molten brass, supported by twelve oxen, three turned each way, capable of containing two thousand baths of water. Besides this there were ten lavers and the brazen altar of burnt sacrifice.

See Tabernacle; Temple
Tabernacle; Temple

General references
Genesis 1:2; Genesis 6:3; Genesis 41:38; Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31; Numbers 27:18; Nehemiah 9:20; Job 16:19; Job 32:8; Job 33:4; Psalms 51:11-12; Psalms 103:9; Psalms 139:7; Isaiah 4:4; Isaiah 6:8; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 28:6; Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 40:13; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 44:3-4; Isaiah 48:16; Isaiah 51:12; Isaiah 54:13; Isaiah 59:19; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18; Isaiah 63:10-11; Isaiah 63:14; Ezekiel 36:27; Ezekiel 37:9; Ezekiel 37:14; Ezekiel 39:29; Joel 2:28-29; Micah 2:7; Micah 3:8; Haggai 2:5; Zech 4:1-7; Zech 12:10; Matthew 1:18; Matthew 1:20; Matthew 3:11; Matthew 3:16-17; John 1:33; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32; Matthew 4:1; Matthew 10:20; Matthew 12:28; Matthew 28:19; Mark 12:36; Mark 13:11; Luke 1:15; Luke 1:35; Luke 1:67; Luke 2:25-27; Luke 11:13; Luke 12:12; Luke 24:49; John 1:9; John 3:5-6; John 3:34; John 4:14; John 6:45; John 6:63; John 7:38-39; John 14:16-17; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:7-14; John 20:22; Acts 1:2; Acts 1:5; Acts 1:8; Acts 1:16; Acts 2:2-4; Acts 2:33; Acts 2:38; Acts 4:8; Acts 4:31; Acts 5:3-4; Acts 5:9; Acts 5:32; Acts 6:5; Acts 7:51; Acts 8:15-19; Acts 9:31; Acts 10:19-20; Acts 10:44-47; Acts 11:15-17; Acts 11:24; Acts 13:2; Acts 13:4; Acts 13:9; Acts 13:52; Acts 15:8; Acts 15:28; Acts 16:6-7; Acts 19:2-6; Acts 20:28; Romans 1:4; Romans 5:3-5; Romans 8:1-27; Romans 9:1; Romans 14:17; Romans 15:13; Romans 15:16; Romans 15:18-19; Romans 15:30; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 2:10-14; Romans 11:33-34; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 12:3-11; 2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:8; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; 2 Corinthians 6:4-6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Galatians 3:2-3; Galatians 3:14; Galatians 4:6; Galatians 5:5; Galatians 5:16-18; Galatians 5:22-23; Galatians 5:25; Galatians 6:8; Ephesians 1:12-14; Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 2:22; Ephesians 3:5; Ephesians 3:16; Ephesians 4:3-4; Ephesians 4:30; Ephesians 5:9; Ephesians 5:18; Ephesians 6:17-18; Philippians 1:19; Philippians 2:1; Colossians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6; 1 Thessalonians 4:8-9; 1 Thessalonians 5:19; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:7; 2 Timothy 1:14; Titus 3:5-6; Hebrews 2:4; Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 6:4; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:15; Hebrews 10:29; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Peter 1:11-12; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:14; 2 Peter 1:21; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:2; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 5:6-8; Jude 1:19-20; Revelation 1:4; Revelation 4:5; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:29; Revelation 11:11; Revelation 14:13; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:17
Inspiration; Word of God, Inspiration of

Inspiration of, instances of:

Joseph
Genesis 41:38

Bezaleel
Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31

The seventy elders
Numbers 11:17

Balaam
Numbers 24:2

Joshua
Numbers 27:18

The Judges:

Othniel
Judges 3:10

Gideon
Judges 6:34

Jephthah
Judges 11:29

Samson
Judges 13:25; Judges 14:6; Judges 14:19

King David
1 Chronicles 28:11-12

The prophets:

Azariah
2 Chronicles 15:1

Zechariah
2 Chronicles 24:20; Zech 1:1

Ezekiel
Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 11:5; Ezekiel 11:24

Daniel
Daniel 4:8

Zacharias
Luke 1:67

Elizabeth
Luke 1:41

Simeon
Luke 2:25-26

The disciples
Acts 6:3; Acts 7:55; Acts 8:29; Acts 9:17; Acts 10:45
Inspiration

Sin against
Isaiah 63:10; Matthew 12:31-32; Luke 12:10; Mark 3:29; Luke 2:10; 1 John 5:16; Acts 5:3; Acts 5:9; Acts 7:51; Acts 8:18-22; Ephesians 4:30; Hebrews 10:29

Withdrawn from incorrigible sinners

General references
Genesis 6:3; Deuteronomy 32:30; Psalms 51:11; Proverbs 1:24-28; Jeremiah 7:29; Hosea 4:17-18; Hosea 5:6; Hosea 9:12; Matthew 15:14; Luke 13:7; Romans 1:24; Romans 1:26; Romans 1:28
Reprobacy

Instances of:

Antediluvians
Genesis 6:3-7

People of Sodom
Genesis 19:13; Genesis 19:24-25

Israelites
Numbers 14:26-45; Deuteronomy 1:42; Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Deuteronomy 31:17-18

Samson
Judges 16:20

Saul
1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Samuel 18:10-12; 1 Samuel 19:9-11; 1 Samuel 20:30-33; 1 Samuel 22:7-19; 1 Samuel 28:15-16; 2 Samuel 7:15

HOLY-CROSS day, noun The fourteenth of September.

HOL'YDAY, noun A day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a festival intended to celebrate some event deemed auspicious to the welfare of a nation; particularly an anniversary festival, devoted to religious solemnities; as christmas holydays.

1. A day of joy and gayety.

2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement.

HOL'YDAY, adjective Pertaining to a festival; as a holyday suit of clothes.

HO'LY-ONE, noun An appellation of the Supreme Being, by way of emphasis.

1. An appellation of Christ. Isaiah 43:1.

2. One separated to the service of God. Deuteronomy 33:1.

HOLY-ROOD day, noun A festival observed by Roman Catholics in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.

HO'LY-THISTLE, noun A plant of the genus Cnicus.

The blessed thistle, Centaurea benedicta.

HO'LY-THURSDAY, noun The day on which the ascension of our Savior is commemorated, ten days before Whitsuntide.

HO'LY-WEEK, noun The week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated.