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consecrate

Meaning of “consecrate”

To set apart or dedicate a person, time, service, or thing to a sacred or religious office or use.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604Webster 1828
14 occurrences14 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 28:3

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1 Chronicles 29:5
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The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 29:5 · retained source text

The gold for things of golde, and the siluer for things of siluer, and for all maner of worke to be made by the hands of Artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his seruice this day vnto the LORD?

1611 marginal noteHebr. to fill his hand.

Complete reference index — all 14 verses
Exodus 28:3Exodus 28:41Exodus 29:9Exodus 29:33Exodus 29:35Exodus 30:30Exodus 32:29Leviticus 8:33Leviticus 16:32Numbers 6:121 Chronicles 29:52 Chronicles 13:9Ezekiel 43:26Micah 4:13

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Exodus7 occurrences
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1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel1 occurrence
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Webster 1828

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To appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service and worship of God.

volume 1, leaf 464-465, column 3-1 (verb entry)