חָנַךְ
ḥānak
train up
Strong's H2596VerbHebrewTWOT 693

חָנַךְ (ḥānak) is a Hebrew verb meaning train up. It appears 5 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2596).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 693)

Range of meaning (TWOT 693)train up, dedicate; narrow, initiate, discipline
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָנַךְ verb: train up, dedicate

Strong's H2596 חָנַךְ: properly, to narrow; figuratively, to initiate or discipline
KJV:dedicate, train up.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 20:51 Kings 8:632 Chronicles 7:5

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