Chănukkâʼ — H2597

Definition

feminine noun

consecration

1. dedication

Usually translated as

dedication

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H2598

• Chănukkâh (H2598)

Occurrences

Chănukkâʼ occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2), Daniel (2)

• Ezra 6:16 — And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication (חֲנֻכַּ֛ת) of this house of God with joy,
• Ezra 6:17 — And offered at the dedication (לַחֲנֻכַּת֮) of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
• Daniel 3:2 — Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication (לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת) of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Daniel 3:3 — Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication (לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת) of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.