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Holy One

title for God or Christ

Divine title emphasizing God's transcendent holiness, used most often in Isaiah as "the Holy One of Israel" and applied to Jesus in the New Testament.

53 appearances14 Bible books2 known aliases

Who or what is this?

"Holy One" is a title used throughout the Bible to emphasize the absolute holiness and otherness of Israel's God. It appears most frequently in , which uses the phrase "the Holy One of Israel" dozens of times to identify the God who judges and redeems his people. The title also occurs in the Psalms and in other prophetic books such as and . In the New Testament it carries Messianic force: evil spirits in the Gospels address as "the Holy One of God," and uses the title in his speech in Acts, declaring that God would not allow his "Holy One" to see corruption — interpreting Psalm 16 as a prophecy of .

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