consecrate
part of speech
verb (consecrates, consecrated, consecrating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To consecrate something is to make it holy by a religious ceremony. tree →
2) (formal) To consecrate a thing or a person is to give it wholly to a purpose. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Aaron and his sons were consecrated as priests during seven days of rites using anointing oil, blood and offerings. Ezekiel also describes seven days to consecrate the altar, and David asks who will willingly consecrate himself to the LORD. Interpretation: Consecration marks the priests as set apart from ordinary use and able to serve in the Tabernacle. The seven days are a model for how the priesthood began. Tradition reads the later verses as showing that things and people, even an altar or a Temple, can be made holy by dedication. In the primary lessons: in the lessons, to make a place, a bond or a deed holy, or to dedicate someone to a cause
examples
- And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou consecrate them. (Torah EXO.29.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. (Torah EXO.29.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration be fulfilled; for He shall consecrate you seven days. (Torah LEV.8.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto the LORD?' (Writings 1CH.29.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so shall they consecrate it. (Prophets EZK.43.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- The bishop will consecrate the new church. tree →
- She consecrated her life to helping the sick. tree →
- Their bond of friendship was consecrated by a ceremony. tree →
- The king consecrated the bridge with a prayer. tree →
note
nothing for maths.
In the corpora
- All the days that he consecrateth himself unto the LORD he shall not come near to a dead body.
- And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
- I have commanded My consecrated ones, yea, I have called My mighty ones for mine anger, even My proudly exulting ones.
- Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so shall they consecrate it.
- Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto the LORD?'
Trees and pragmatics
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