H2596: חָנַךְ
chânak · pronounced khaw-nak' · “to dedicate”
Definition
properly, to narrow; figuratively, to initiate or discipline
KJV translates it as: dedicate, train up.
Word origin: a primitive root; (compare H2614 (חָנַק))
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to train, train up
1a2) to dedicate
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2596 is translated
- it ×2
- they dedicated ×2
- train ×1
Bible verses with H2596 (chânak)
Chânak appears in 4 verses.
- Deuteronomy 20:5
And 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 8:63
And 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 7:5
And 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 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.