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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1456. ἐγκαίνια (egkainia) -- Dedication, Feast of Dedication</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1456.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/james/4-8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1456.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1456</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1455.htm" title="1455">◄</a> 1456. egkainia <a href="../greek/1457.htm" title="1457">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">egkainia: Dedication, Feast of Dedication</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἐγκαίνια</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>egkainia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>en-KAI-nee-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Dedication, Feast of Dedication<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a renewal, dedication; the feast of rededication.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek words ἐν (en, "in") and καινός (kainos, "new"), meaning "renewal" or "dedication."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent is חֲנֻכָּה (Chanukah), which also means "dedication."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "egkainia" refers to the concept of dedication or renewal, particularly in a religious or ceremonial context. In the New Testament, it is specifically used to denote the Feast of Dedication, known today as Hanukkah, which commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The Feast of Dedication, or Hanukkah, originated in the intertestamental period following the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. In 164 BC, Judas Maccabeus led the Jewish people in reclaiming and purifying the Temple, which had been desecrated by pagan practices. The festival lasts eight days and is celebrated with the lighting of candles, symbolizing the miracle of the Temple's menorah burning for eight days on a single day's supply of oil.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>neut. pl. comp. from <a href="/greek/1722.htm">en</a> and <a href="/greek/2537.htm">kainos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>dedication, renewal (of religious services)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>feast of the Dedication (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1456: ἐγκαίνια</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐγκαίνια</span></span> (<span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">ἐανκαινια</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐν</span></span>, III. 3), <span class="greek2">ἐγκαινιων</span>, <span class="greek2">τά</span> (from <span class="greek2">ἐν</span> and <span class="greek2">καινός</span>); only in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings (on the plural cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 27, 3; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 23 (21)); <span class="accented">dedication, consecration</span>; thus, in 2 Esdr. 6:16, 17; <a href="/interlinear/nehemiah/12-27.htm">Nehemiah 12:27</a> for <span class="hebrew">חֲנֻכָּה</span>; in particular (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">encaeaium</span>, i. e. renovation], an 'annual feast celebrated eight days beginning on the 25th of Chislev (the middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus (<DATE_RANGE:164 B.C.>) in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (<span class="greek2">αἱ</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέραι</span> <span class="greek2">ἐγκαινισμοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">θυσιασθηριου</span>, 1 Macc. 4:59): <a href="/interlinear/john/10-22.htm">John 10:22</a>. Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s RWB (also <span class="abbreviation">Riehm</span>, HWB) under the word Kirchweihfest; Oehler in <span class="abbreviation">Herzog</span> iv., p. 389; Grimm on 1 Macc. 1:54 1 Macc. 4:52; Dillmann in <span class="abbreviation">Schenkel</span> iii., 534f; (<span class="abbreviation">BB. DD.</span> (especially Kitto) under the word <TOPIC:Dedication, Feast of> the).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dedication. <p>Neuter plural of a presumed compound from <a href="/greek/1722.htm">en</a> and <a href="/greek/2537.htm">kainos</a>; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption) -- dedication. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1722.htm">en</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2537.htm">kainos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εγκαίνια ἐγκαίνια εγκαινίοις ενκαινια ἐνκαίνια enkainia en'kaínia<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/john/10-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 10:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural">N-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τότε τὰ <b>ἐνκαίνια</b> ἐν τοῖς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> At that time <span class="itali">the Feast of the Dedication</span> took place<br><a href="/kjvs/john/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Jerusalem <span class="itali">the feast of the dedication,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/john/10-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> at the time the <span class="itali">feast of dedication</span> at<p><b><a href="/greek/1456.htm">Strong's Greek 1456</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1456.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/enkainia_1456.htm">ἐνκαίνια — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1455.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1455"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1455" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1457.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1457"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1457" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>