חֲנֻכָּאchănukkâʼ
dedication (Daniel 3:2; Daniel 3:3; Ezra 6:16; Ezra 16:17)
Pronunciation: chan-ook-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2597
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 6:16 The Temple of God was then dedicated with great joy by the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the people who had returned from exile.
- Ezra 6:17 During the dedication ceremony for the Temple of God, 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 male lambs were sacrificed. And 12 male goats were presented as a sin offering for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Daniel 3:2 Then he sent messages to the high officers, officials, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials to come to the dedication of the statue he had set up.
- Daniel 3:3 So all these officials came and stood before the statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).