Quick Definition
ἐγκαίνια, ίων, τά n.n. a renewal, dedication
Strong's Definition
neuter plural of a presumed compound from 1722 and 2537; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption)
KJV Usage: dedication
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ων | καινός
51.9 · Festivals
the festival of dedication of the Temple a Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in the time of Judas Maccabaeus in 165 B.C. It may be possible to speak of this Festival of Dedication as ‘the festival to celebrate the time when the Temple was again made pure and ready for worship.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐγκαίνια [1 WH evx., see ἐν, IIT. 3], -ων, ra, (fr. ἐν and | kawvos) ; only in bibl. and 660]. writ., [on the plur. cf. W. § 27, 3; B. 23 (21)]; dedication, consecration; thus in 2 Esdr. vi. 16, 17; Neh. xii. 27 for 931M; in particular, [Vulg. encaenium i. 6. renovation], an annual feast celebrated eight days beginning on the 25th of Chisley (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 Mace. iv. 59): Jn. x. 22. Cf. Win. RWB. [aso Riehm, HWB.] s. v. Kirchweihfest ; Oehler in Herzog iv. p. 389; Grimm on 1 Mace. i. 54; iv. 52; Dillmann in Schenkel iii. 534 sq.; [BB.DD. (esp. Kitto) s. v. Dedication, Feast of the].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐγκαίνια enkainia 1x
initiation, consecration; in NT the feast of rededication, an annual festival of eight days in the month Kislev, Jn. 10:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐγκαίνια, v.s. ἐνκ-.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐγκαίνια (egkainia) — Feast|Festival of Dedication. ἐγκαίν-ια, τά, (καινός) feast of renovation or consecration, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]; especially that established by Judas Maccabaeus at the reconsecration of the Temple, [NT]