קָדוֹשׁ, holy, sacred; holy man, saint. Yeb. 20ᵃ כל המקיים … נקרא ק׳ he who observes the ordinances of the scholars (with regard to marriage laws) is called holy (chaste). Ib. 105ᵇ; Meg. 27ᵇ עם ק׳ the holy assembly, v. פָּסַע; (Snh. 7ᵇ עם קוֹרֶשׁ; Yeb. l. c. also עם קֹדֶשׁ). Lev. R. s. 24 כשם שאני ק׳ כך וכ׳ as I am holy, so be you holy. Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ bot.; Treat. Sof’rim XVI, 12 הללו אל בקדשו לקְדוֹשׁוֹ לאהרן קְדוֹשׁ ד׳ ‘praise the Lord in his holiness’ (Ps. CL, 1) according to his holy servant, according to (the years of life of) Aaron, the holy servant of the Lord (123 Hallelujahs). Tem. 14ᵇ, a. e. כל הקרב ביום אינו ק׳ אלא ביום וכ׳ whatever must be offered in day-time, becomes sacred (by being put in a sacred vessel) only in day-time &c. Meg. 23ᵇ; Snh. 15ᵃ אדם מי ק׳ is a human being ever sacred (dedicated to be Temple property)? Ber. 10ᵇ (ref. to II Kings IV, 9) הוא ק׳ … אינו ק׳ he (the prophet) is a pure man, but his servant (Gehazi) is not; a. v. fr.—רבינו הק׳ our teacher, the saint, i.e. R. Judah Hannasi. Y. Meg. III, 74ᵃ; a. fr.—הק׳ ברוך הוא (abbrev. הקב"ה, הב"ה, הק"ה) the Holy One, blessed be He, the Lord. Ber. 6ᵇ. Num. R. s. 20; a. v. fr.—Pl. קְדוֹשִׁים. Lev. R. l. c. Sabb. 86ᵃ, a. e. ישראל ק׳ הן the Israelites are a chaste people. Pes. 104ᵃ בנן של ק׳ the descendant of holy men (R. Menaḥem); Ab. Zar. 50ᵃ; a. fr.—פרשת ק׳ the section of the Torah beginning with ḳ’doshim (Lev. XIX). Lev. R. l. c.; a. e.—Fem.קְדוֹשָׁה. Y. Maas. Sh. II, end, 53ᵈ; a. e., v. עֵדָה.
קָדוֹשׁ, (v. קְדוּשָּׁה) Ḳadosh, the recitation of Ḳadosh (Is. VI, 3). Treat. Sof’rim l. c. קטן … ק׳ ביוצר (not כיוצא) a minor … must not recite Ḳadosh in the morning prayer (v. יָצַר). Ib. ק׳ של עמידה the Ḳadosh recited in the ‘standing prayer’ (v. עֲמִידָה), the Ḳ’dushshah
