Feast|Festival of Dedication
Gloss:
Feast|Festival of Dedication
Morphhology:
Greek Noun Neuter
Definition:
ἐγκαίνια, see: ἐνκ-
ἐνκαίνια (Rec. ἐγκ-), -ων, τά (ἐν, καινός), [in LXX for HSjrj, II Est.6:16, 17, Neh.12:27, Da TH 3:2 (and cf. ἐγκαινισμός, Num.7:10, al, -ισις, Num.7:88) *;] dedication (anniversary of the cleansing of the Temple from the defilements of Antiochus Epiphanes): Jhn.10:22. (
AS)
Gloss:
Feast|Festival of Dedication
Morphhology:
Greek Noun Neuter
Definition:
ἐγκαίν-ια, τά, (καινός)
feast of renovation or
consecration, [
LXX+2nd c.AD+]; especially that established by Judas Maccabaeus
at the reconsecration of the Temple, [
NT]
Pronounciation:
eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah
Definition:
innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption); dedication; neuter plural of a presumed compound from
g1722 (ἐν) and
g2537 (καινός)