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. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originneut. pl. comp. from en and kainos Definition dedication, renewal (of religious services) NASB Translation feast of the Dedication (1). 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 |