# H2596 חָנַךְ

חָנַךְ (chânak), Strong’s H2596: properly, to narrow; figuratively, to initiate or discipline KJV: dedicate, train up.. Occurs 5 times.

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*chânak* — properly, to narrow; figuratively, to initiate or discipline

KJV: dedicate, train up.

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חָנַךְ vb. train up, dedicate

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 20:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/20?v=5) — The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it?…
- [1 Kings 8:63](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/8?v=63) — Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, twenty two thousand head of cattle…
- [Proverbs 22:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/22?v=6) — Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- [2 Chronicles 7:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/7?v=5) — King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king…