hallowed

Everyday

1. (church) Hallowed means holy, made holy, or treated with great respect for God. tree →
2. Hallowed means greatly respected and honoured because of its history, as a hallowed football ground. tree →
3. (Bible, old) To hallow is to make holy or to honour as holy, as in the Lord's Prayer: «hallowed be thy name». tree →

In the lessons

Pupils meet it in the Lord's Prayer, said in many schools and churches: «Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name» — may God's name be treated as holy. In sport and history, «hallowed ground» is a place with a special, respected past, like a famous stadium or a war cemetery. Related: Halloween (the eve of All Hallows, All Saints' Day).

Examples

• «Hallowed be thy name,» we said together in assembly. tree →
• The cemetery is hallowed ground. tree →
• Playing at the hallowed stadium was the player's dream. tree →
• The old church felt hushed and hallowed. tree →
• Halloween comes from «All Hallows' Eve», the night before All Saints' Day. tree →
• The poem is one of the hallowed classics of English literature. tree →

Note

Said «HAL-ode», two syllables. In the Lord's Prayer, «hallowed be thy name» is old English for «may your name be holy». «Halloween» is a short form of «All Hallows' Even». Not the same as «hollow» (empty inside).

In Jewish tradition

God hallowed the seventh day, making Shabbat holy. God also says He will be hallowed among Israel. In the Prophets and Writings the "hallowed things" are the Temple gifts kept in treasuries, and "hallowed flesh" is sacrificial meat; Lamentations calls the holy stones of the Temple "hallowed."

Interpretation. The Sabbath is read as the first holy thing in the world, made holy by God before people did anything. Jeremiah is read as scolding Israel for thinking that holy sacrifices could protect them while they sinned.

Examples

• And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. (Torah NUM.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made. (Torah GEN.2.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow you, (Torah LEV.22.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• The hallowed stones are poured out at the head of every street. (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the hallowed things. (Writings 1CH.26.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• What hath My beloved to do in My house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the hallowed flesh is passed from thee? (Prophets JER.11.15, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Said «HAL-ode», two syllables. In the Lord's Prayer, «hallowed be thy name» is old English for «may your name be holy». «Halloween» is a short form of «All Hallows' Even». Not the same as «hollow» (empty inside).