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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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Numbers 6:12
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And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
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1611 witness · Numbers 6:12 · retained source text

And hee shall consecrate vnto the LORD the dayes of his separation, and shall bring a lambe of the first yeere for a trespasse offering: but the dayes that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

1611 marginal noteHebr. fall.

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
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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)