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GreekG1456Noun (Neuter)

ἐγκαίνια

egkainia

1Occurrences
G1456Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption)

neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 (ἐν) and G2537 (καινός);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-ων, *τά *(ἐν, καινός), dedication (anniversary of the cleansing of the Temple from the defilements of Antiochus Epiphanes) .
LXX: for HSjrj, Da TH (and cf. ἐγκαινισμός, -ισις, ) *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

ἐγκαίνια appears 1 time in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
1

Key Passages

John 10:22BSB

At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.