Dedicate
Bible Usage:
- dedicate used 4 times.
- dedicated used 24 times.
- dedicating used twice.
- First Reference: Deuteronomy 20:5
- Last Reference: 2 Chronicles 2:4
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:
DEDICATE, verb transitive [Latin To vow, promise, devote, dedicate See Class Dg. No. 12, 15, 45. The sense is to send, to throw; hence, to set, to appoint.]
1. To set apart and consecrate to a divine Being, or to a sacred purpose; to devote to a sacred use, by a solemn act, or by religious ceremonies; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, an altar, or a church, to God or to a religious use.
Vessels of silver, of gold, and of brass, which king David did dedicate to the Lord. 2 Sam. Viii.
2. To appropriate solemnly to any person or purpose; to give wholly or chiefly to. The ministers of the gospel dedicate themselves, their time and their studies, to the service of Christ. A soldier dedicates himself to the profession of arms.
3. To inscribe or address to a patron; as, to dedicate a book.
DEDICATE, adjective Consecrated; devoted; appropriated.
DEDICATED, participle passive Devoted to a divine Being, or to a sacred use; consecrated; appropriated; given wholly to.