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ded´i-kaÌ„t, ded-i-kā´shun (×—× ×›Ö¼×”, hÌ£ănukkaÌ„h, “initiation,†“consecrationâ€; קדש×, kÌ£aÌ„dheÌ„sh, “to be clean,†“sanctifyâ€; חר×, hÌ£eÌ„rem, “a thing devoted (to God)â€): 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 ( f,84, 88; compare , , “the dedication of the imageâ€), of silver and gold (; ), of the Temple (; f; compare ), of the wall of Jerusalem (), of private dwellings (). the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes “devoted†for “dedicated†in . See CONSECRATION; SANCTIFICATION.