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Strong's #1456 - ἐγκαίνια

Transliteration
enkaínia
Phonetics
eng-kah'ee-nee-ah
Origin
plural of a presumed compound from (G1722) and (G2537)
Parts of Speech
Noun Neuter
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. dedication, consecration
    1. 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
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
John 1
NAS (2)
John 2
HCS (1)
John 1
BSB (1)
John 1
ESV (1)
John 1
WEB (1)
John 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐγκαίν-ια, τά,

(καινός) feast of renovation or consecration, Thd. Daniel 3:2, LXX 2 Esdras 6:16; esp. that established by Judas Maccabaeus at the reconsecration of the Temple, John 10:22.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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 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 () in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (αἱ ἡμέραι ἐγκαινισμοῦ τοῦ θυσιασθηριου, 1 Macc. 4:59): John 10:22. Cf. Winers RWB (also Riehm, HWB) under the word Kirchweihfest; Oehler in Herzog iv., p. 389; Grimm on 1 Macc. 1:54 1 Macc. 4:52; Dillmann in Schenkel iii., 534f; (BB. DD. (especially Kitto) under the word the).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐνκαίνια

(Rec. έγκ -), -ων , τά

(< ἐν , καινός ),

[in LXX for H2598, Ezra 6:16-17 Nehemiah 12:27, Da TH Daniel 3:2 (and cf. ἐγκαινισμός , Numbers 7:10, al., -ισις , Numbers 7:88) *;]

dedication (anniversary of the cleansing of the Temple from the defilements of Antiochus Epiphanes): John 10:22.†

ἐγκαίνια , see ἐνκ -.


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
εγκαίνια ἐγκαίνια εγκαινίοις ενκαινια ἐνκαίνια enkainia en'kaínia
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