Schaff's Bible Dictionary
CON'SECRATE, CONSECRA'TION. Ex 32:29; Lev 7:37. The word means "to set apart for holy uses." It is applied in the Bible to both persons and things. The tribe of Levi was consecrated to the priesthood with the most solemn and imposing ceremonies. Vessels, Josh 6:19, profits, Mic 4:13, fields, Lev 27:28, cattle, 2 Chr 29:33, individuals. Num 6:9-13; 1 Sam 1:11, Acts 20:28, and nations, Ex 19:6, were anciently consecrated or set apart to sacred
purposes. See Priest. CONVEN'IENT signifies "becoming," "fitting," "appropriate," in several passages; e.g. Prov 30:8; Jer 40:4; Rom 1:28; Eph 5:4; Phile 8. This is the old Latin sense of the word. CONVERSA'TION is never used in the A.V. in its ordinary sense, but always denotes "course of life," "conduct." Phil 3:20 reads "our conversation is in heaven," but the Greek is properly translated by "citizenship." What is now called "conversation " is
expressed in the A.V. by "communication." 2 Kgs 9:11; Matt 5:37; Eph 4:29 etc.