G1456Greekἐnkaínia
ἐνκαίνια
innovatives, i.e., (specially) renewal (of religious services after the antiochian interruption)
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Detailed Definition
- 1dedication, consecration
- 2in 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
Etymology & Derivation
neuter plural of a presumed compound from g1722 and g2537