STRONGS NUMBER H2596


Word Summary
chanak: to train up, dedicate
Original Word: חָנַךְ
Transliteration: chanak
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to train up, dedicate
Meaning: to narrow, to initiate, discipline
Strong's Concordance
dedicate, train up

A primitive root; properly, to narrow (compare chanaq); figuratively, to initiate or discipline -- dedicate, train up.

see HEBREW chanaq

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2596. chanak

II. חִָנִךְverb train up, dedicate (compare Arabic apparently denominative from rub palate of child with chewed dates, Lane659a, of midwife rub palate of new-born child with oil, etc., before it begins to suck, Dozyii, 332; also make experienced, submissive, etc. (as one does a horse by a rope in its mouth) Lane; see also WeSkizzen iii, 154; Late Hebrew חִנֵּךְaccustom; Aramaic חֲנַךְdedicate, חַנֵּיךְ‎ as Late Hebrew; Ethiopic II. perceive, understand (Di108, initiatio is loan-word Id.ib.)) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix חֲנָכוֺDeuteronomy 20:5; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַחְנְכֶנּוּ20:5, 3masculine plural וַיַּחְנְכוּ1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5; Imperative חֲנֹךְProverbs 22:6; —

1 train, train up a (the) youth (לַנַּעַר‎) Proverbs 22:6 (compare Late Hebrew חִנּוּךְ‎).

2 dedicate, of formal opening of a new house Deuteronomy 20:5 (twice in verse); dedicate, consecrate temple 1 Kings 8:63 2 Chronicles 7:5 (all followed by accusative)