What Does Matthew 6:9 Mean in the King James?
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The prayer begins by asking that the Father’s nature be recognized as set apart, placing who God is before what the one praying needs.
THE MEANING
You pray as part of an “our,” addressing the Father whose realm is heaven. You ask that his nature be recognized as set apart here and now. Prayer begins by naming who God is before naming what you need.
THE ROOT
ἁγιασθήτω
hagiasthētō
GROWS FROM
ἁγι-
hagi-
Set apart; regarded as holy or distinct.
“Hallowed” in this verse is hagiasthētō. This form asks that the Father’s name be set apart. The request is for his nature to stand distinct in the one praying’s sight and in the world around them.
ALSO GROWS
hagiasmos: Setting apart; consecration.
ἁγιασμός
It shows the same word family describing the state or process of being set apart.
hagion: A holy thing or sanctuary.
ἅγιον
The same family can name what is set apart, giving “hallowed” the sense of a distinct identity, not just a spoken honorific.
ὄνομα
onoma
GROWS FROM
ὀνοματ-
onomat-
Name; designation, identity, or reputation.
In this prayer, the name gathers more than a spoken label: it points to the Father’s revealed identity and character. To ask that this name be hallowed is to ask that this nature be recognized and honored as distinct.
ALSO GROWS
onomazō: To name or call by name.
ὀνομάζω
It shows the name as something spoken and made recognizable.
onomasia: Naming or mention.
ὀνομασία
It extends the family from the name itself to the act of naming, linking the Father’s nature to how it is made known.
THE PATTERN
The Father’s name is set apart as God’s identity is revealed and honored among people.
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:THE THREAD
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:Peter’s ἁγιάσατε (hagiasate, “set apart”) belongs to the same Greek verb family as ἁγιασθήτω (hagiasthētō, “let it be hallowed”) here. “In your hearts” brings the prayer into the present: the Father’s nature is recognized within the person praying.
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