G1456
ἐγκαίνια
Feast|Festival of Dedication
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)
The KJV translates G1456 in the following manner:
dedication (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἐγκαίνια — enkaínia
ἐγκαίνια (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 2Es 6:16-17; Neh 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 in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (αἱ ἡμέραι ἐγκαινισμοῦ τοῦ θυσιασθηριου, 1Ma 4:59): Joh 10:22. Cf. Winers RWB (also Riehm, HWB) under the word Kirchweihfest; Oehler in Herzog iv., p. 389; Grimm on 1Ma 1:54 1Ma 4:52; Dillmann in Schenkel iii., 534f; (BB. DD. (especially Kitto) under the word the).
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