G1456
G1456 — ἐγκαίνια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
egkainia (eng-kai'-nee-ah) n.
1. innovatives
2. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption)
[neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537]
KJV: dedication
Root(s): G1722, G2537
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
dedication
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐγκαίνια (T WH ἐανκαινια, see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκαινιων, τά (from ἐν and καινός); only in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings (on the plural cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 23 (21)); dedication, consecration; thus, in 2Es 6:16-17; Neh 12:27 for çÂðËëÈÌä; in particular (Vulg.encaeaium, i. e. renovation], an ’annual feast celebrated eight days beginning on the 25th of Chislev (the middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus () in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (αἱ ἡμέραι ἐγκαινισμοῦ τοῦ θυσιασθηριου, 1Ma 4:59): Joh 10:22. Cf. Winers RWB (also Riehm, HWB) under the word Kirchweihfest; Oehler in Herzog iv., p. 389; Grimm on 1Ma 1:54 1Ma 4:52; Dillmann in Schenkel iii., 534f; (BB. DD. (especially Kitto) under the word the).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐγκαίνια (dedication)
John 10:22
- KJV: And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication and it was winter
- GK: εγένετο δε τα εγκαίνια εν Ιεροσολύμοις και χειμών ην