A characteristic unique to God's nature which becomes the goal for human moral character. The word is also found repeatedly in the Psalms. God is holy. He is unsearchable, incomprehensible, incomparable, great, wonderful, and exalted. His name is Holy.
Holiness inspires awe and fear.
The biblical view combines these. Leviticus 17-25 presents all laws to be kept so that persons may be holy as God is holy. Holiness in believing Christians was attained through the cross and is to be preserved in clean and moral living. Holiness comes to imply the fullness and completeness of God and godliness in all its facets and meanings. It also defines places where God is present.