purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

as an active verbal noun in , it signifies properly the process , rather than the resultant state, , hence, -μός τὸ ἁγιάζειν ἁγιωσύνη ; consecration : so strictly in , (but v. Meyer), , , , , , . Elsewhere it perhaps (Ellic.; but v. Milligan, , 48) inclines to the resultant state: , (Cremer, 55, 602).† sanctification Ro 6:19 22 I Co 1:30 I Th 4:3 7 II Th 2:13 He 12:14 I Pe 1:2 I Th 4:4 I Ti 2:15 Th.

properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

holiness, sanctification