Consecration
Bible Usage:
- consecration used 9 times.
- consecrations used 4 times.
- First Reference: Exodus 29:22
- Last Reference: Numbers 6:9
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
The devoting or setting apart of anything to the worship or service of God. The race of Abraham and the tribe of Levi were thus consecrated (Exodus 13:2, 12, 15; Numbers 3:12). The Hebrews devoted their fields and cattle, and sometimes the spoils of war, to the Lord (Leviticus 27:28, 29). According to the Mosaic law the first-born both of man and beast were consecrated to God.
In the New Testament, Christians are regarded as consecrated to the Lord (1 Peter 2:9).
See Aaron; Priest; Altar; Temple, Solomon's Temple, Facts About, Dedication of; Offerings
Aaron; Priest; Altar; Temple, Solomon's Temple, Facts About, Dedication of; Offerings
Personal
Psalms 51:17; Matthew 13:44-46; Romans 6:13; Romans 6:16; Romans 6:19; Romans 12:1; 2 Corinthians 8:5
Conditional
General references
Genesis 28:20-22; 2 Samuel 15:7-8
Dedication; Offerings
Instances of:
Instances of:
Genesis 4:4-7
Abraham, of Isaac
Genesis 22:9-12
Jephthah, of his daughter
Judges 11:30-31; Judges 11:34-40
Hannah, of Samuel
1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:24-28
David consecrates the water obtained by his valiant warriors
2 Samuel 23:16
Zichri, of himself
2 Chronicles 17:16
[PRIEST]
CONSECRATION, noun
1. The act or ceremony of separating form a common to a sacred use, or of devoting and dedicating a person or thing to the service and worship of God, by certain rites or solemnities. consecration does not make a person or thing really holy, but declares it to be sacred, that is, devoted to God or to divine service; as the consecration of the priests among the Israelites; the consecration of the vessels used in the temple; the consecration of a bishop.
2. Canonization; the act of translating into heaven, and enrolling or numbering among the saints or gods; the ceremony of the apotheosis of an emperor.
3. The benediction of the elements in the eucharist; the act of setting apart and blessing the elements in the communion.