egkainia <1456>
egkainia egkainia
| Pronunciation: | eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah |
| Origin: | plural of a presumed compound from 1722 and 2537 |
| Reference: | - |
| PrtSpch: | n n |
| In Greek: | egkainia 1 |
| In NET: | feast of the Dedication 1 |
| In AV: | feast of dedication 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Definition: | 1) dedication, consecration 1a) 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 neuter plural of a presumed compound from 1722 and 2537; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption):-dedication. see GREEK for 1722 see GREEK for 2537 |
| Variations in Bible: | Dedication (NASB, NRSV) Dedication, The Feast of the (KJV, TEV) the Feast of Dedication (NIV) the feast of the Dedication (NET) |
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