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The term "dedicated" in the biblical context refers to the act of setting apart or consecrating something or someone for a sacred purpose. This concept is deeply rooted in the practices and teachings of the Old and New Testaments, where dedication signifies a commitment to God and His service.

Old Testament Context

In the Old Testament, dedication often involves the consecration of objects, places, or individuals for divine purposes. One of the earliest examples is the dedication of the tabernacle and its furnishings. In Exodus 40:9-10 , God commands Moses, "Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy. Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy."

The dedication of the temple by King Solomon is another significant event. In 1 Kings 8:63 , it is recorded, "And Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD." This dedication was marked by prayer, sacrifice, and the manifestation of God's presence.

Individuals could also be dedicated to God, as seen in the Nazarite vow, where a person voluntarily consecrated themselves to the Lord for a specific period (Numbers 6:1-21). Samuel, the prophet, was dedicated to the Lord by his mother, Hannah, as a fulfillment of her vow (1 Samuel 1:11, 28).

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, dedication takes on a more personal and spiritual dimension. Believers are called to dedicate themselves to God as living sacrifices. Romans 12:1 exhorts, "Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship."

The concept of dedication is also evident in the early church's practices. The believers in Acts 2:42 "devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." This dedication to communal worship and learning was foundational to the growth and unity of the early Christian community.

Theological Significance

Dedication in the Bible underscores the importance of holiness and separation unto God. It reflects a heart posture of obedience, reverence, and commitment to God's will. The act of dedicating something or someone to God is a recognition of His sovereignty and a declaration of trust in His purposes.

In both Testaments, dedication is not merely a ritualistic act but a profound expression of faith and devotion. It calls believers to live lives that are set apart for God's glory, embodying the principles of His kingdom in every aspect of life.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Dedicate.

Greek

334. anathema -- a gift set up (in a temple)
... set up (in a temple). Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: anathema Phonetic
Spelling: (an-ath'-ay-mah) Short Definition: an offering dedicated by a ...
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2321. Theophilos -- "friend of God," Theophilus, the addressee of ...
... Spelling: (theh-of'-il-os) Short Definition: Theophilus Definition: Theophilus,
a friend of Luke of equestrian rank, to whom the Gospel and Acts are dedicated. ...
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2878. korban -- an offering
... 2878 (see OT 7133) -- ; properly, a gift (offering) dedicated to God, and by the
Jews as a way to their rightful duty to God to care for aged parents (etc.). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6944. qodesh -- apartness, sacredness
... from an unused word Definition apartness, sacredness NASB Word Usage consecrated
(2), consecrated thing (1), consecrated things (2), dedicated (1), dedicated ...
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7592. shaal -- to ask, inquire
... asking (5), asks (5), beg (1), begged (1), begs (1), borrow (1), borrowed (1), borrows
(1), consult (2), consulting (1), consults (1), dedicated (2), dedicated ...
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2764. cherem -- devoted thing, devotion, ban
... khay'-rem) Short Definition: cursed. accursed dedicated thing, appointed to
utter destruction, Extermination Or (Zecheriah 14:11) cherem ...
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2596. chanak -- to train up, dedicate
... 2595, 2596. chanak. 2597 . to train up, dedicate. Transliteration: chanak
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nak') Short Definition: dedicated. ...
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7596. sheelah -- request, thing asked for
... Word Origin from shaal Definition request, thing asked for NASB Word Usage dedicated*
(1), one (1), petition (8), request (4), request* (1). ...
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5145. nezer -- consecration, crown, Naziriteship
... Word Origin from nazar Definition consecration, crown, Naziriteship NASB Word Usage
consecration (1), crown (10), dedicated (4), hair (1), Nazirite (1 ...
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5414. nathan -- to give, put, set
... given (1), certainly give (1), comes (1), commit (1), committed (1), conferred
(1), consider (1), consign (1), contribute (1), cried (1), dedicated (1), defeat ...
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6942. qadash -- to be set apart or consecrated
... defiled (1), become holy (1), consecrate (43), consecrated (35), consecrates (7),
consecration (2), declare holy (1), dedicate (2), dedicated (8), dedicating (1 ...
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Library

Life Dedicated to God.
... INTRODUCTION AND CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 78. " Life dedicated to God. 78. CM Doddridge.
Life dedicated to God. 1 Shine on our souls, eternal God! ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/78 life dedicated to.htm

Constantine Destroyed the Places Dedicated to the Idols, and ...
... Book II. Chapter V."Constantine destroyed the Places dedicated to the
Idols, and persuaded the People to prefer Christianity. ...
/.../chapter v constantine destroyed the places.htm

It is not Right that those who are Dedicated to Religion...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon LXXVII. It is not right that those
who are dedicated to religion? It is not right that those ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon lxxvii it is not.htm

It is not Lawful for a virgin who Has Dedicated Herself to the ...
... The Canons of the Blessed and Holy Fathers Assembled at Antioch in Syria. Canon
XVI. It is not lawful for a virgin who has dedicated herself to the Lord God? ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xvi it is not.htm

How Ptolemy Philadelphus Procured the Laws of the Jews to be ...
... CHAPTER 2. How Ptolemy Philadelphus Procured The Laws Of The Jews To Be Translated
Into The Greek Tongue And Set Many Captives Free, And Dedicated Many Gifts ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how ptolemy philadelphus.htm

That Having Conferred the Dignity of C??sars on his Three Sons at ...
... Chapter XL."That having conferred the Dignity of C??sars on his Three Sons at the
Three Decennial Periods of his Reign, he dedicated the Church at Jerusalem. ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xl that having conferred the.htm

Concerning the Books which He Wrote "On the Fair and Fit ...
... Book IV. Chapter XIV."Concerning the Books Which He Wrote "On the Fair
and Fit," Dedicated to Hierius. 21. But what was it that ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xiv concerning the books which.htm

He Entreats God, that Whatever Useful Things He Learned as a Boy ...
... Book I. Chapter XV."He Entreats God, that Whatever Useful Things He Learned
as a Boy May Be Dedicated to Him. 24. Hear my prayer ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter xv he entreats god that.htm

Twenty-Eighth Day. The Way into the Holiest.
... The Way into the Holiest. 'Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the
Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by the way which He dedicated, a new and ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/murray/holy in christ/twenty-eighth day the way into.htm

Our Lord's Prayer for his People's Sanctification
... I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself." (Numbers
8:17.) Out of the tribe of Levi one family was taken and dedicated to the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 32 1886/our lords prayer for his.htm

Thesaurus

Dedicated (37 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Dedicated (37 Occurrences). ... Hebrews 9:18 Therefore even
the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood. (WEB KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Treasuries (36 Occurrences)
... Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the silver,
and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house ...
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Dedicate (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (pa) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
2. (vt) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity ...
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Votive (13 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 15:15 He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father had
dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and ...
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Shelomith (9 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures
of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the ...
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Shelo'moth (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 26:26 This Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasuries
of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers ...
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Shelomoth (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 26:26 This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of
the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers ...
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Treasures (77 Occurrences)
... And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the ...
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Corban (2 Occurrences)
... It means a gift or offering consecrated to God. Anything over which this word
was once pronounced was irrevocably dedicated to the temple. ...
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Utensils (72 Occurrences)
... Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the silver,
and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house ...
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Resources

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Dedicated (37 Occurrences)

Luke 21:5
When some were remarking about the Temple, how it was embellished with beautiful stones and dedicated gifts, He said,
(WEY NIV)

Hebrews 9:18
Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Hebrews 10:20
by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
(WEB ASV DBY)

Leviticus 21:12
neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 27:19
If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his.
(WEB)

Numbers 6:9
"'If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.
(See NAS NIV(

Numbers 6:18
The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
(See NAS NIV)

Numbers 6:19
The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the head of his separation;
(See NAS)

Numbers 18:6
I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 20:5
The officers shall speak to the people, saying, "What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 1:28
Therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh." He worshiped Yahweh there.
(See NAS)

1 Samuel 2:20
Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, "Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh." They went to their own home.
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 8:11
These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 8:12
of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 7:51
Thus all the work that king Solomon worked in the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 8:63
Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand head of cattle, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 15:15
He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

2 Kings 12:4
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
(KJV WBS)

2 Kings 12:18
Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 23:11
He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 18:11
Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
(KJV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 26:20
Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 26:26
This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 26:27
(from the wars and out of the spoils had they dedicated them, to maintain the house of Jehovah),
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 26:28
All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 28:12
and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 5:1
Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 7:5
King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 15:18
He brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 24:7
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh did they bestow on the Baals.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

2 Chronicles 29:31
Then Hezekiah answered, Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of Yahweh. The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 31:6
The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps.
(WEB ASV RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 31:12
They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 23:18
And her goods and her trade will be holy to the Lord: they will not be kept back or stored up; for her produce will be for those living in the Lord's land, to give them food for their needs, and fair clothing.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 42:19
Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 44:29
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Dedicated

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