Lexicon egkainia: Dedication, Feast of Dedication Original Word: ἐγκαίνια Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dedication. Neuter plural of a presumed compound from en and kainos; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption) -- dedication. see GREEK en see GREEK kainos NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originneut. pl. comp. from en and kainos Definition dedication, renewal (of religious services) NASB Translation feast of the Dedication (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1456: ἐγκαίνιαἐγκαίνια (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 2 Esdr. 6:16, 17; Nehemiah 12:27 for חֲנֻכָּה; 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 ( Forms and Transliterations εγκαίνια ἐγκαίνια εγκαινίοις ενκαινια ἐνκαίνια enkainia en'kaíniaLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |