Holy of Holies

English Alternative forms en holy of holies Etymology en hbo קודש הקודשים קודש הקודשים \ קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים kódesh hakodashím. Pronunciation en en-au-Holy of Holies.ogg AU Proper noun Holy of Holies 1 The inner sanctum of the Temple in Jerusalem. en 1882 . Franz von Reber; Joseph Thacher Clarke History of Ancient Art 146 The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors. Noun Holy of Holies ? en figuratively by extension The most sacred place within a sacred building. en sanctum sanctorum en informal humorous One's private retreat, an inner sanctum. en figuratively That which is holiest among holy things. en 1996 Macy Nulman The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer 305 Rabbi Akiba declared that if the other books of the Bible are holy, Shir Hashirim is the "holy of holies." Translations the most sacred place within a sacred building Aghwan: xag 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕎𐕒𐕡𐕘𐕒𐔺 Bulgarian: bg светая светих Chinese: Cantonese: yue 至聖所 zi3 sing3 so2 Mandarin: cmn 至聖所 Zhìshèngsuǒ Dutch: nl heilige der heiligen n, nl allerheiligste n Finnish: fi kaikkein pyhin French: fr saint des saints m Ge'ez: gez ቅዱ፟ሰ፡ቅዱ፟ሰን German: de Allerheiligstes n Greek: el άδυτο n, el ιερό n Ancient Greek: grc ἄδυτον n Hebrew: he קודש הקודשים m kódesh hakodashím קודש הקודשים \ קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים Hindi: hi परमपवित्र स्थान m Latin: la adytum n, la sānctum sānctōrum n Macedonian: mk светиња над светињите f Nahuatl: Classical Nahuatl: nci teōpam māhuizzōcan Old Church Slavonic: cu Polish: pl Święte Świętych n Portuguese: pt ádito m Romanian: ro sfânta sfintelor f Russian: ru свята́я святы́х f Spanish: es sanctasanctórum m Swedish: sv allraheligaste n, sv allra heligaste n Tagalog: tg Yiddish: yi קדשי־קדשים kodshe-kedoshem inner sanctum Bulgarian: bg German: de Allerheiligstes n Greek: el τα άδυτα των αδύτων n p Polish: pl Święte Świętych n See also en super-superlativeness king of kings#Proper noun Lord of Lords#Proper noun Further reading en idioms en Christianity Judaism