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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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Micah 4:13
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
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1611 witness · Micah 4:13 · retained source text

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horne yron, & I will make thy hooues brasse, and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gaine vnto the LORD, and their substance vnto the LORD of the whole earth.

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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)