Strongs Number: G1456
- Greek Word
- ἐγκαίνια
- Transliteration
- egkainia
- Phonetic
- eng-kah'ee-nee-ah
- Part of Speech
- Noun Neuter
- Strongs Definition
-
innovatives that is (specifically) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. dedication, consecration
a. in particular the annual feast celebrated eight days beginning in the 25th of Chislev (middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus [164 BC] in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollution of Antiochus Epiphanes
- Origin
- Neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537
- Bible Usage
- dedication.