# ἁγιάζω/hagiazō This word is an action. It is a verb. * This word can mean to dedicate things or people to God. Those things or people become holy. * Things or people that become holy become pure or free from sin. * This word can mean to revere someone or to treat them as holy, that is, to honor someone because they deserve to be honored. * This word can mean to revere something or to treat it as holy.