ἐγκαίνια (T WH ἐανκαινια, see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκαινιων, 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 2Es_6:16-17; Neh_12:27 for ηΒπΛλΘΜδ; in particular (Vulg.encaeaium, i. e. renovation], an 'annual feast celebrated eight days beginning on the 25th of Chislev (the middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus () in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollutions of Antiochus Epiphanes (αἱ ἡμέραι ἐγκαινισμοῦ τοῦ θυσιασθηριου, 1Ma_4:59): Joh_10:22. Cf. Winers RWB (also Riehm, HWB) under the word Kirchweihfest; Oehler in Herzog iv., p. 389; Grimm on 1Ma_1:54 1Ma_4:52; Dillmann in Schenkel iii., 534f; (BB. DD. (especially Kitto) under the word the).

ἐγκαίνια enkainia 1x initiation, consecration; in NT the feast of rededication, an annual festival of eight days in the month Kislev, Joh_10:22

† ἐνκαίνια ( Rec. έγκ -), -ων , τά ( < ἐν , καινός ), [in LXX for H2598 , Ezr_6:16-17 Neh_12:27 , Da TH Dan_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): Joh_10:22 .† ἐγκαίνια , see ἐνκ -.

ἐγκαίνια ἐγκαίνια, τά, [Etym: καινός] "a feast of renovation", esp. that established by Judas Macc. "at the re-consecration" of the Temple, NTest.

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)