Dedicate; Dedication

ded'-i-kat, ded-ika'-shun (chanukkah, "initiation," "consecration"; qadhesh, "to be clean," "sanctify"; cherem, "a thing devoted (to God)"): Often used in Hebrew of the consecration of persons, but usually in the English Versions of the Bible of the setting apart of things to a sacred use, as of the altar (Num 7:10; Num 7:84; Num 7:88; compare Dan 3:2; Dan 3:3, "the dedication of the image"), of silver and gold (2 Sam 8:11; 2 Kgs 12:4), of the Temple (1 Kgs 8:63; Ezra 6:16 f; compare Exod 29:44), of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12:27), of private dwellings (Deut 20:5). the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "devoted" for "dedicated" in Ezek 44:29. See Consecration; Sanctification.