10 MAGNIFYING THE HOLINESS OF OUR GOD ISAIAH 6:1–13 Introduction The English word holy is derived from the Anglo-Saxon halig, or hal, meaning “well,” or “whole.” The Hebrew word for “holy” is qodesh, which means “withheld from the ordinary use,” “treated with special care,” and “belonging to the sanctuary.”1 Even though there are holy people, holy places, holy garments, holy ointment, and holy food, the point is that these are holy not in and of themselves but because they all belong to God. This