Devote
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Leviticus 27:28
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H2763 Used 1 time
DEVOTE, verb transitive [Latin , to vow.]
1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart ro dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate.
No devoted thing that a man shall devote to the Lord--shall be sold or redeemed. Every thing devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. Leviticus 27:28.
2. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention wholly or chiefly; to attach; as, to devote ones self to science; to devote ourselves to our friends, or to their interest or pleasure.
3. To give up; to resign; as, aliens were devoted to rapine; the city was devoted to the flames.
4. To doom; to consign over; as, to devote one to destruction.
5. To execrate; to doom to evil.
DEVOTE, adjective Devoted.
DEVOTE, noun A devotee.
DEVOTED, participle passive Appropriated by vow; solemnly set apart or dedicated; consecrated; addicted; given up; doomed; consigned.
DEVOTEDNESS, noun The state of being devoted or given; addictedness; as devotedness to religion.
DEVOTEE, noun One who is wholly devoted; particularly, one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
DEVOTEMENT, noun
1. Devotedness; devotion.
2. Vowed dedication.
DEVOTER, noun One that devotes; also, a worshiper.