The meaning of Dedicate; Dedication in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

ded'-i-kat, ded-ika'-shun (chanukkah, "initiation," "consecration"; qadhesh, "to be clean," "sanctify"; cherem, "a thing devoted (to God)"): Often used in Hebrew of the consecration of persons, but usually in the English Versions of the Bible of the setting apart of things to a sacred use, as of the altar (Numbers 7:10 f., Numbers 7:84, Numbers 7:88; compare Daniel 3:2-3, "the dedication of the image"), of silver and gold (II Samuel 8:11; II Kings 12:4), of the Temple (I Kings 8:63; Ezra 6:16 f.; compare Exodus 29:44), of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:27), of private dwellings (Deuteronomy 20:5). the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "devoted" for "dedicated" in Ezekiel 44:29.

See CONSECRATION; SANCTIFICATION.

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