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Feast|Festival of Dedication

ἐγκαίνιαStrong’s G1456

egkainia

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Egkainia is the Greek word usually translated “feast of dedication”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.”
John 10:22 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “feast of dedication”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • feast of dedication 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 1

1 book in all.

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    ἐγκαίνια egkainia · 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)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.