חֲנֻכָּה
chănukkâh · khan-ook-kaw'
initiation, i.e. consecration
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2596 (חָנַךְ);
initiation, i.e. consecration
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dedicating(-tion).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲנֻכָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- this was the dedication2 · 25%
- the dedication2 · 25%
- for dedicating1 · 13%
- for the dedicating1 · 13%
- and at the dedication1 · 13%
- at the dedication1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.