STRONGS G1456:
ἐγκαίνια [T WH
ἐνκ., see
ἐν, III. 3],
-ων,
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 2 Esdr. 6:16, 17;
Nehemiah 12:27 for
חֲנֻכָּה; in particular [
Vulg. encaeaium,
i. e. renovation], an annual feast celebrated eight days beginning on the 25th of Chislev (middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus
[B. C. 164] in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (
αἱ ἡμέραι ἐγκαινισμοῦ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, 1 Macc. 4:59):
John 10:22. Cf.
Winers RWB [also
Riehm, HWB] under the word Kirchweihfest;
Oehler in Herzog iv., p. 389; Grimm on 1 Macc. 1:54; 1 Macc. 4:52;
Dillmann in Schenkel 3:534f; [
BB. DD. (especially Kitto) under the word Dedication, Feast of the].
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Nehemiah
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12:27
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John
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10:22