ἐνκαίνια

Strong’s Definition

innovatives, i.e., (specially) renewal (of religious services after the antiochian interruption)

Etymology & Derivation

neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537

KJV Usage

dedication

Detailed Definition

From Thayer’s Greek Lexicon outline.

• 1.dedication, consecration
• 2.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

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