ἐγκαίνια
egkainia
Neuter noun · Plural of a presumed compound from ἐν (G1722) and καινός (G2537)
Neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption):—dedication.
Outline
- dedication, consecration
- in particular the annual feast celebrated eight days beginning in the 25th of Chislev (middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus [164 BC] in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollution of Antiochus Epiphanes