Chanukkah חֲנֻכָּה

Chanukkah (Hebrew חֲנֻכָּה, Strong's H2598) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “dedication”. It occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Chanukkah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Numbers

• Numbers 7:10
  And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
• Numbers 7:11
  And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.And the LORD said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
• Numbers 7:84
  This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
• Numbers 7:88
  And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 7:9
  And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 12:27
  And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).