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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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2 Chronicles 13:9
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Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 13:9 · retained source text

Haue yee not cast out the Priests of the LORD the sonnes of Aaron, and the Leuites, and haue made you priests after the maner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoeuer commeth to consecrate himselfe with a young bullocke and seuen rammes, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to fill his hand.

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.14.

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
7 versesLeviticus2 occurrences
2 versesNumbers1 occurrence
1 verse1 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel1 occurrence
1 verseMicah1 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)