Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2598
חֲנֻכָּה
chanukkahkhan-ook-kaw'
dedication
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chănukkâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2598is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2598
initiation, i.e. consecration
The King James renders it: dedicating(-tion).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chanukkah is rendered "dedication". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 7:10When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
Numbers 7:10חֲנֻכַּ֣ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's seven uses are in Numbers.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- dedication of4
- and at dedication of1
- dedication1
- for dedication of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חֲנֻכַּ֣ת4
- וּבַחֲנֻכַּ֞ת1
- חֲנֻכָּ֤ה1
- לַחֲנֻכַּ֖ת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfsc
Numbers
four uses
When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
- חֲנֻכַּ֣תchanukatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dedication of
And the LORD said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
- לַחֲנֻכַּ֖תlachanukatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for dedication of
So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
- חֲנֻכַּ֣תchanukatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dedication of
All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
- חֲנֻכַּ֣תchanukatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dedication of
2 Chronicles
one use
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
- חֲנֻכַּ֣תchanukatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dedication of
Nehemiah
two uses
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
- וּבַחֲנֻכַּ֞תuvachanukatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and at dedication of
- חֲנֻכָּ֤הchanukahnoun · feminine singulartagged: dedication
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.