חָנַךְ chânak
Meaning
properly, to narrow; figuratively, to initiate or discipline
In the King James Version: dedicate, train up.
Derivation: a primitive root; (compare H2614 (חָנַק))
Where it is used
- Deuteronomy 20:5 Furthermore, 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.
- 1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.