Dedication
חֲנֻכָּהStrong’s H2598chanukkah (cha-nuk-kah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chanukkah is the Hebrew word usually translated “dedication of”, “at dedication of” and “dedication”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.”
Meaning
- Dedication
How it's translated
- dedication of 5
- for dedication of 1
- and at dedication of 1
- dedication 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 4
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Nehemiah 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 7:11And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
- Numbers 7:84This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
- Numbers 7:88And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
- 2 Chronicles 7:9And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- Nehemiah 12:27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
- Psalms 30:1I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Hebrew dictionary
חֲנֻכָּה chanukkah · dedication
dedication Aramaic of cha.nuk.kah (חֲנֻכָּה "dedication" H2598)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dedication” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEDICATION, noun
- The act of consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as the dedication of Solomons temple.
- The act of devoting or giving to.
- An address to a patron, prefixed to a book, testifying respect and recommending the work to his protection and favor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.