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Lexicon :: Strong's G1456 - egkainia

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ἐγκαίνια
Transliteration
egkainia (Key)
Pronunciation
eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Plural of a presumed compound from ἐν (G1722) and καινός (G2537)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐγκαίνια enkaínia, eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah; neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption):—dedication.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1456 in the following manner: feast of dedication (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1456 in the following manner: feast of dedication (1x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐγκαίνια enkaínia, eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah; neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption):—dedication.
STRONGS G1456:
ἐγκαίνια [T WH ἐνκ., see ἐν, III. 3], -ων, 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 (middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus [B. C. 164] in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (αἱ ἡμέραι ἐγκαινισμοῦ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, 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 3:534f; [BB. DD. (especially Kitto) under the word Dedication, Feast of the].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Nehemiah
12:27
John
10:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1456 matches the Greek ἐγκαίνια (egkainia),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:16 - And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:17 - They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:2 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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