Word Study · Strong's H2596 · Hebrew
חָנַךְ
chanak
khaw-nak'
Strong's 1890 spelling: chânak
“properly, to narrow”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to narrow; figuratively, to initiate or discipline
Rendered in the KJV as
dedicate, train up.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙2
- חֲנֹ֣ךְ1
- חֲנָכ֔וֹ1
- יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- and they dedicated2
- he has dedicated it1
- he will dedicate it1
- train1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- Hc/Vqw3mp2
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1
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- Hc/Vqw3mp · 2
- HVqi3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HVqp3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HVqv2ms · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 20:5חֲנָכ֔וֹchanakhoverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFurthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.here: he has dedicated it
- Deuteronomy 20:5יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ׃yachnekhenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFurthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.here: he will dedicate it