CategoryTheological Term / Archaic Word
Modern Equivalentto set apart as holy; to dedicate to God; to ordain for sacred service.
KJV Word TypeVerb
DefinitionTo set apart a person, place, or object as holy and dedicated exclusively to God's service. In the OT, priests were consecrated by anointing and sacrifice. Christ has consecrated for believers a new and living way into God's presence.
Key Verses"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh." (Hebrews 10:19–20)