Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to narrow (compare 2614); figuratively, to initiate or discipline
KJV Usage: dedicate, train up
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָנַךְ (cha.nakh) — to dedicate. 1) to train, dedicate, inaugurate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to train, train up 1a2) to dedicate
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֵךְ · חַכָּה · חֲנֹוךְ · חָנִיךְ · חֲנֻכָּה
Clean | verb qal
to dedicate = causative action by which humans make a building or artifact ready for use, usually by a religious ceremony where it is devoted to a deity
Know | verb qal
to train = causative action by which humans make other humans acquainted with a procedure; ► so that they will eventually be able to perform that procedure himself
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָנַךְ vb. train up, dedicate base