Ἁγιάσατε

sanctify!

Translated by Nathan Greenberg ✝24 Nov 1998Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] prepare beforehand, proclaim!

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁγιάσατε· προευτρεπίσατε, κηρύξατε.

Betacode

*(agia/sate: proeutrepi/sate, khru/cate.

Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha173 Theodoridis. The headword is aorist imperative, second person plural, of a(gia/zw (cf. alpha 233 and under alpha 235). Latte on Hesychius s.v. claims it as quoted from the Septuagint, e.g. Joel 1.14: "sanctify ye a fast".