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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v.) To dedicate or set apart as sacred.

2. (v. t.) To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.

3. (v. t.) To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.

4. (v. t.) To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

5. (v. t.) To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CONSECRATE; CONSECRATION

kon'-se-krat, kon-se-kra'-shun.

1. In the Old Testament:

In the Old Testament for several Hebrew words of different meanings:

(1) charam: "I will consecrate (the Revised Version (British and American) "devote") their gain unto the Lord," i.e. the spoil of the nations shall be dedicated to the service of Yahweh (Micah 4:13).

See BAN; CURSE.

(2) nazar, nezer (Numbers 6:7, 9, 12; the Revised Version (British and American) "separate").

See NAZIRITE.

(3) qadhesh: "to be set apart," or "to be holy": of Aaron and his sons (Exodus 28:3; Exodus 30:30; the Revised Version (British and American) "sanctify"). The silver and gold and brass and iron of the banned city of Jericho are "consecrated" things (the Revised Version (British and American) "holy") unto the Lord (Joshua 6:19); of the priests (2 Chronicles 26:18); of sacrifices (2 Chronicles 29:33; 2 Chronicles 31:6 Ezra 3:5).

See HOLINESS.

(4) mille' yadh, literally, "to fill the hand"; and substantive plural millu'im, a peculiar idiom used frequently and generally for the installation of a priest into his office; and substantive for the installation offerings which were probably put into the priest's hands to symbolize his admission into office; hence, the phrase, "and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons" (Exodus 29:9; Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:29:33, 15; 32:29:00; Leviticus 8:33; Leviticus 16:32; Leviticus 21:10 Numbers 3:3 Judges 17:5, 12 2 Chronicles 29:31); of Jeroboam's non-Levitical priesthood (1 Kings 13:33 2 Chronicles 13:9); of the altar (Ezekiel 43:26) and of those who contributed to build the temple (1 Chronicles 29:5). Subst. of an act of installation (Leviticus 7:37; Leviticus 8:33), and of installation offerings (Exodus 29:22, 26, 27, 31 Leviticus 8:22, 28, 29, 31).

2. In the New Testament:

In the New Testament teleioo, "to make perfect" (Hebrews 7:28; the Revised Version (British and American) "perfected"); egkainizo, "to make new" (Hebrews 10:20; the Revised Version (British and American) "dedicated").

T. Rees

Greek

37. hagiazo -- to make holy, consecrate, sanctify
... to make holy, consecrate, sanctify. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hagiazo
Phonetic Spelling: (hag-ee-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I make holy, sanctify ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/37.htm - 8k

1457. egkainizo -- to renew, inaugurate
... to renew, inaugurate. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: egkainizo Phonetic Spelling:
(eng-kahee-nid'-zo) Short Definition: I consecrate, dedicate Definition ...
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5548. chrio -- to anoint
... to anoint. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chrio Phonetic Spelling:
(khree'-o) Short Definition: I anoint Definition: I anoint, consecrate by anointing. ...
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5048. teleioo -- to bring to an end, to complete, perfect
... number (1). consecrate, finish, fulfill, make perfect. From teleios; to complete,
ie (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5144. nazar -- to dedicate, consecrate
... nazar. 5144a . to dedicate, consecrate. Transliteration: nazar Phonetic Spelling:
(naw-zar') Short Definition: consecrate. consecrate, separating, self ...
/hebrew/5144.htm - 5k

5144a. nazar -- to dedicate, consecrate
... 5144, 5144a. nazar. 5144b . to dedicate, consecrate. Transliteration:
nazar Short Definition: abstain. Word Origin a prim. root ...
/hebrew/5144a.htm - 5k

6942. qadash -- to be set apart or consecrated
... 6941, 6942. qadash. 6943 . to be set apart or consecrated. Transliteration:
qadash Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-dash') Short Definition: consecrate. ...
/hebrew/6942.htm - 6k

4390. male -- to be full, to fill
... 1), aloud (1), armed (1), become full (1), been completed (1), come (1), complete
(3), completed (9), completion (1), confirm (1), consecrate* (3), consecrated ...
/hebrew/4390.htm - 7k

2763. charam -- to ban, devote, exterminate
... make accursed, consecrate, utterly destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose,
utterly slay A primitive root; to seclude; specifically ...
/hebrew/2763.htm - 5k

3027. yad -- hand
... 8), boldly* (2), bordered* (1), borders (1), bounty (3), care (7), charge (7), close*
(1), coast (1), command (3), compulsion* (3), consecrate* (3), consecrated ...
/hebrew/3027.htm - 8k

4886. mashach -- to smear, anoint
... anoint, paint. A primitive root; to rub with oil, ie To anoint; by implication,
to consecrate; also to paint -- anoint, paint. 4885, 4886. mashach. 4887 . ...
/hebrew/4886.htm - 6k

Library

Whether Several Priests Can Consecrate one and the Same Host?
... OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (TEN ARTICLES) Whether several priests
can consecrate one and the same host? Objection 1: It seems ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether several priests can consecrate.htm

Whether Heretics, Schismatics, and Excommunicated Persons Can ...
... OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (TEN ARTICLES) Whether heretics, schismatics,
and excommunicated persons can consecrate? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether heretics schismatics and excommunicated.htm

Whether a Wicked Priest Can Consecrate the Eucharist?
... OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (TEN ARTICLES) Whether a wicked priest
can consecrate the Eucharist? Objection 1: It seems that ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a wicked priest can.htm

Whether a Degraded Priest Can Consecrate this Sacrament?
... OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (TEN ARTICLES) Whether a degraded priest
can consecrate this sacrament? Objection 1: It seems ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a degraded priest can.htm

The Bishop Elect and Consecrate
... CHAPTER IV THE BISHOP ELECT AND CONSECRATE. Hugh knew well enough what the
Chartreuse Chapter would say if the English meant to have ...
/.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter iv the bishop elect.htm

It was the Fifth Anniversary of that Resolution of the Senate ...
... CHAPTER 9 It was the fifth anniversary of that resolution of the senate
fathers to consecrate the? It was the fifth anniversary ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 9 it was the.htm

Commonly those Only are Said to Aspire to Perfection that ...
... THERETO. CHAPTER II. Commonly those only are said to aspire to perfection
that consecrate themselves to God.? Sec. 1. Commonly ...
/.../chapter ii commonly those only.htm

Whether a Determinate Quantity of Bread and Wine is Required for ...
... hath given us unto edification, and not for your destruction." But it would lead
to mockery of this sacrament if the priest were to wish to consecrate all the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a determinate quantity of.htm

Meditation ix. Private Instruction and Consecrations.
... them when they were to receive what remained of the consecrated Elements, when to
give some to the Blessed Virgin, and how to consecrate, themselves, after he ...
/.../meditation ix private instruction and.htm

Whether to Baptize is Part of the Priestly Office, or Proper to ...
... ad Ludifred.) that "it belongs to the bishop to consecrate churches, to anoint altars,
to consecrate [conficere] the chrism; he it is that confers the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether to baptize is part.htm

Thesaurus

Consecrate (65 Occurrences)
... make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate,
or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church ...
/c/consecrate.htm - 31k

Consecration (22 Occurrences)
... being consecrated; dedication. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONSECRATE;
CONSECRATION. kon'-se-krat, kon-se-kra'-shun. 1. In the ...
/c/consecration.htm - 18k

Sanctify (91 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy
or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow. ...
/s/sanctify.htm - 36k

Dedicate (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote
formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a ...
/d/dedicate.htm - 13k

Ordain (13 Occurrences)
... Exodus 28:41 You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him,
and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may ...
/o/ordain.htm - 19k

Sanctification (13 Occurrences)
... These words are "holy," "hallow," "hallowed," "holiness," "consecrate," "saint,"
"sanctify," "sanctification." It must be borne in mind that these words are ...
/s/sanctification.htm - 45k

Willingly (27 Occurrences)
... Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh? (WEB). ... Who then
offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah? ...
/w/willingly.htm - 14k

Forfeit (12 Occurrences)
... The word occurs only once as the translation of charam, "to shut in," frequently
to devote or consecrate a person or thing to God beyond redemption (compare ...
/f/forfeit.htm - 13k

Artificers (15 Occurrences)
... Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh? (WEB). ... And who
then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD? ...
/a/artificers.htm - 11k

Priest's (75 Occurrences)
... Exodus 28:41 You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him,
and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may ...
/p/priest's.htm - 29k

Resources

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Consecrate (65 Occurrences)

John 17:19
and on their behalf I consecrate myself, in order that they may become perfectly consecrated in truth.
(WEY RSV)

1 Peter 3:15
but in your hearts consecrate Christ as Lord, being always ready to make your defence to any one who asks from you a reason for the hope which you cherish.
(WEY)

Exodus 13:2
"Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."
(See RSV NIV)

Exodus 19:10
Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 19:22
Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 19:23
Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying,'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"
(See NAS RSV)

Exodus 28:3
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
(KJV WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 28:38
and it hath been on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron hath borne the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel do hallow, even all their holy gifts; and it hath been on his forehead continually for a pleasing thing for them before Jehovah.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 28:41
You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 29:1
"This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 29:9
You shall dress them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 29:27
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is Aaron's, and of that which is his sons'.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 29:29
"The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 29:33
They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 29:35
"You shall do so to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 29:36
Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 29:37
Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 29:44
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 30:29
You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 30:30
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
(KJV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 32:29
Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 39:7
He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses. by the hands of artificers. Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh?
(WEB)

Exodus 40:9
"You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture: and it will be holy.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 40:10
You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 40:11
You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 40:13
You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 8:11
He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 8:12
He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 8:33
You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Leviticus 11:44
For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 16:19
He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 16:32
The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Leviticus 20:7
"'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 21:8
You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.
(See NAS RSV)

Leviticus 22:2
"Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 22:3
"Tell them,'If anyone of all your seed throughout your generations approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 25:10
You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 27:26
"'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.
(See NAS)

Numbers 6:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If a man or a woman have vowed the special vow of a Nazarite, to consecrate themselves to Jehovah;
(DBY JPS)

Numbers 6:11
The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 6:12
And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Numbers 11:18
"Say to the people,'Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you will eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, "Who will give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt." Therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you will eat.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 15:19
All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
(See NAS RSV)

Joshua 3:5
Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you."
(See NAS NIV)

Joshua 7:13
"Get up! Sanctify the people, and say,'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, "There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you."
(See NAS NIV)

Judges 17:3
And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, "I consecrate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it to you."
(DBY RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 16:5
He said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 8:64
The same day did the king consecrate the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
(WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 15:12
and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 23:13
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 29:5
The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 13:9
Haven't you driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves after the manner of the peoples of other lands? so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:5
and said to them, Hear me, you Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. Esther
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:17
For there were many in the congregation that had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passover lambs for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 35:6
Kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh by Moses.
(See NIV)

Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said: 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and blasphemed God in their hearts.' Thus did Job continually.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 51:27
Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker worm.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 51:28
Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 43:26
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 44:19
When they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.
(See NIV)

Joel 1:14
Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.
(See NAS)

Joel 2:15
Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
(See NAS)

Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her pavilion.
(See NIV)

Micah 4:13
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Consecrate

Related Terms

Consecration (22 Occurrences)

Sanctify (91 Occurrences)

Dedicate (17 Occurrences)

Ordain (13 Occurrences)

Sanctification (13 Occurrences)

Willingly (27 Occurrences)

Forfeit (12 Occurrences)

Artificers (15 Occurrences)

Priest's (75 Occurrences)