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dedication

Meaning of “dedication”

The act of setting apart or offering for a sacred purpose.

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10 occurrences9 verses6 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Numbers 7:84

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Every verse containing “dedication”

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Numbers 7:84
This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 7:84 · retained source text

This was the dedication of the Altar (in the day when it was annointed) by the Princes of Israel: twelue chargers of siluer, twelue siluer bowles, twelue spoones of gold:

Numbers 7:88
And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 7:88 · retained source text

And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings, were twenty and foure bullocks, the rammes sixtie, the hee goates sixtie, the lambes of the first yeere sixtie. This was the dedication of the Altar, after that it was anoynted.

2 Chronicles 7:9
And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 7:9 · retained source text

And in the eight day they made a solemne assembly: for they kept the dedication of the Altar seuen dayes, and the feast seuen dayes.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a restraint.

Ezra 6:16
¶ And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezra 6:16 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel, the Priests and the Leuites, and the rest of the children of the captiuitie, kept the dedicatiō of this house of God, with ioy,

1611 marginal noteChald. the sonnes of the transportation.

Ezra 6:17
And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezra 6:17 · retained source text

And offered at the dedication of this house of God, an hundred bullockes, two hundred rammes, foure hundred lambes; and for a sinne offering for all Israel, twelue hee goates, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

Nehemiah 12:27
¶ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 12:27 · retained source text

¶ And at the dedication of the wall of Ierusalem, they sought the Leuites out of all their places, to bring them to Ierusalem, to keepe the dedication with gladnesse, both with thankesgiuings and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harpes.

Daniel 3:2
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 3:2 · retained source text

Then Nebuchad-nezzar the king sent to gather together the Princes, the Gouernours, and the Captaines, the Iudges, the Treasurers, the Counsellers, the Sherifes, and all the rulers of the Prouinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchad-nezzar the King had set vp.

Daniel 3:3
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 3:3 · retained source text

Then the Princes, the Gouernours and Captaines, the Iudges, the Treasurers, the Counsellers, the Sherifes, and all the rulers of the Prouinces were gathered together vnto the dedicatiō of the image, that Nebuchadnezzar the King had set vp, and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set vp.

John 10:22
¶ And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 10:22 · retained source text

¶ And it was at Hierusalem the feast of the dedication, & it was winter.

1611 marginal note1.Macc. 4.59.

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