Strong H2596חָנַךְ
to dedicate
- Transliteration
- chânak
- Pronunciation
- khaw-nak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to narrow (compare H2614); figuratively to initiate or discipline: - {dedicate} train up.
Detailed definition
1) to train, dedicate, inaugurate
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to train, train up
1a2) to dedicate
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to train, train up
1a2) to dedicate
In the Bible
Strong H2596 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dedicate3
- train1
First verses
- Deuteronomy 20:5And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
- 1 Kings 8:63And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.