Strong's Concordance egkainia: dedication, renewal (of religious services) Original Word: ἐγκαίνια, ίων, τάPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: egkainia Phonetic Spelling: (eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah) Short Definition: a renewal, dedication Definition: a renewal, dedication; the feast of rededication. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1456: ἐγκαίνιαἐγκαίνια (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 ( Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dedication. Neuter plural of a presumed compound from en and kainos; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption) -- dedication. see GREEK en see GREEK kainos Forms and Transliterations εγκαίνια ἐγκαίνια εγκαινίοις ενκαινια ἐνκαίνια enkainia en'kaíniaLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 14561 Occurrence ἐνκαίνια — 1 Occ. John 10:22 N-NNP GRK: τότε τὰ ἐνκαίνια ἐν τοῖς NAS: At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place KJV: Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and INT: at the time the feast of dedication at |