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Lexicon :: Strong's H2596 - ḥānaḵ

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חָנַךְ
Transliteration
ḥānaḵ
Pronunciation
khaw-nak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 693

Strong’s Definitions

חָנַךְ chânak, khaw-nak'; a primitive root; (compare H2614) properly, to narrow; figuratively, to initiate or discipline:—dedicate, train up.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2596 in the following manner: dedicate (4x), train up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2596 in the following manner: dedicate (4x), train up (1x).

  1. to train, dedicate, inaugurate

    1. (Qal)

      1. to train, train up

      2. to dedicate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָנַךְ chânak, khaw-nak'; a primitive root; (compare H2614) properly, to narrow; figuratively, to initiate or discipline:—dedicate, train up.
STRONGS H2596: Abbreviations
† II. חִָנִךְ verb train up, dedicate (compare Arabic حَنَكَ apparently denominative from حَنَكً rub palate of child with chewed dates, Lane659a, of midwife rub palate of new-born child with oil, etc., before it begins to suck, Dozyii, 332; also make experienced, submissive, etc. (as one does a horse by a rope in its mouth) Lane; see also WeSkizzen iii, 154; Late Hebrew חִנֵּךְ accustom; Aramaic חֲנַךְ dedicate, חַנֵּיךְ as Late Hebrew; Ethiopic II. ሐነከ፡ perceive, understand (Di108, ሕንካ፡ initiatio is loan-word Id.ib.)) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix חֲנָכוֺ Deuteronomy 20:5; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַחְנְכֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 20:5, 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּחְנְכוּ 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5; Imperative חֲנֹךְ Proverbs 22:6; —
1. train, train up a (the) youth (לַנַּעַר) Proverbs 22:6 (compare Late Hebrew חִנּוּךְ).
2. dedicate, of formal opening of a new house Deuteronomy 20:5 (twice in verse); dedicate, consecrate temple 1 Kings 8:63 2 Chronicles 7:5 (all followed by accusative).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

20:5; 20:5; 20:5

1 Kings

8:63; 8:63

2 Chronicles

7:5; 7:5

Proverbs

22:6; 22:6

H2596

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Strong's Number H2596 matches the Hebrew חָנַךְ (ḥānaḵ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:5 - “The officers shall also speak to the [fn]soldiers, saying, ‘What man is there who has built a new house and has not yet [fn]dedicated it? [fn]Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would dedicate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - 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 (temple) of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. In this way the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:6 -

Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents],

Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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