חֲנֻכָּא
chanuka · dedication
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H2597 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chanuka (חֲנֻכָּא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “dedication”.
(Aramaic): the feast with which a house or an altar is opened and given to God. The same word as the Hebrew "chanukka".
How to say it
cha·nu·ka
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The inaugural feast of something (Aramaic).
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Ezra 6:16
And the sons of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the sons of the exile, celebrated the dedication of this house of Elah with joy.
- Ezra 6:17
And they offered for the dedication of this house of Elah one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
- Daniel 3:2
And King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the authorities of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- Daniel 3:3
Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the authorities of the provinces were gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they were standing before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.