# חֲנֻכָּה (chanukah)

Israeli respelling: cha-nu-kah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2598. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

initiation, i.e. consecration

King James renderings: dedicating(-tion).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chanukah-h2598

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 7:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/7/10) — And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the alt…
- [Numbers 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/7/11) — And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
- [Numbers 7:84](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/7/84) — This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver b…
- [Numbers 7:88](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/7/88) — And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of t…
- [2 Chronicles 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/7/9) — And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- [Nehemiah 12:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/12/27) — And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the ded…
- [Psalms 30:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/30/1) — I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.