Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/神聖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	聖
きよ(め)
Grade: 3	Grade: 6
irregular

Alternative spelling
神聖 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 神聖 (“sacredness”), a term which decomposes into 神 (“God”) + 聖 (“holy”), to realis form of native Japanese verb きよむ (kiyomu, “to sanctify”) thus denoting sanctification as God making something holy.

Verb

神聖 (きよ)む^[1](kiyo.mu, the archaic form of 清 (きよ)める, 浄 (きよ)める, kiyo.meru) → 神聖(しんせい) (shinsei)

sanctify (make holy by an act of God)

Quotations

^ OT, page 2:
神(かみ)七日(なぬか)を祝(しゆく)して之(これ)を神聖(きよ)めたまへり其(そ)は神(かみ)其(その)創造(つくり)爲(なし)たまへる工(わざ)を盡(ことごと)く竣(をへ)て是(この)日(ひ)に安息(やす)みたまひたればなり
Kami nanuka wo shuku shite kore wo kiyome tamaeri sowa Kami sono tsukuri nashi tamaeru waza wo kotogotoku oete kono hi ni yasumi tamaitareba nari
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made

[Gen_2:3-1] OT, page 2:
神(かみ)七日(なぬか)を祝(しゆく)して之(これ)を神聖(きよ)めたまへり其(そ)は神(かみ)其(その)創造(つくり)爲(なし)たまへる工(わざ)を盡(ことごと)く竣(をへ)て是(この)日(ひ)に安息(やす)みたまひたればなり
Kami nanuka wo shuku shite kore wo kiyome tamaeri sowa Kami sono tsukuri nashi tamaeru waza wo kotogotoku oete kono hi ni yasumi tamaitareba nari
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made

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