King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2596
Transliteration: chanak
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to train up, dedicate
Meaning: to narrow, to initiate, discipline
Word Summary
chanak: to train up, dedicate
Original Word: חָנַךְTransliteration: chanak
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to train up, dedicate
Meaning: to narrow, to initiate, discipline
Strong's Concordance
dedicate, train up A primitive root; properly, to narrow (compare chanaq); figuratively, to initiate or discipline -- dedicate, train up.
see HEBREW chanaq
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2596. chanak
II. חִָנִךְ verb train up, dedicate (compare Arabic apparently denominative from 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. perceive, understand (Di108, initiatio is loan-word Id.ib.)) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix חֲנָכוֺ Deuteronomy 20:5; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַחְנְכֶנּוּ 20:5, 3masculine 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)