What Does “Hallowed” Mean in the Bible?
To make holy, or to treat as holy. “Hallowed be thy name” asks that everyone respect and love the name of God.
It can mean
- In the Our Father: we do not ask to make God holy. We ask to know him as holy and to treat him that way.
- Only God sanctifies: he is the one who makes people holy.
Where it appears in the Bible
Matthew 6:9; 1 Corinthians 1:2
What the Bible says
Matthew 6:9
Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place of theirs and ours.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 2807; RAE, “santificar”