H2598 - חֲנֻכָּה (chănukkâh)

H2598 חֲנֻכָּה (chănukkâh) khan-ook-kaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

dedication

Strong's Definition

initiation, i.e. consecration

Derivation: from H2596 (חָנַךְ);

KJV Usage: dedicating(-tion).

TWOT Reference: 693b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dedication, consecration

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

dedication, consecration Aramaic equivalent: cha.nuk.kah (חֲנֻכָּה "dedication" H2597)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֲנֻכָּה chănûkkâh BDB Definition: 1) dedication, consecration Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2596 Same Word by TWOT Number: 693b Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (7)

7:10 7:11 7:84 7:88

7:9

12:27

30:1

Numbers 7:10

When [the altar] was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for [its] dedication... [and] presented them before the altar.

Numbers 7:11

And the LORD said to Moses, Each day......... one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.

Numbers 7:84

[So] these [were the offerings] from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve... silver platters, twelve... silver bowls, and twelve... gold dishes.

Numbers 7:88

All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four... bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old.... This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

2 Chronicles 7:9

On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar... had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

Nehemiah 12:27

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.