Strong's Number 1456
The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
egkainia {eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah}
Word Origin:
plural of a presumed compound from
1722
and
2537
Part of Speech:
noun neuter
Usage in the KJV:
feast of dedication 1
Total: 1
Definition:
dedication, consecration
in particular the annual feast celebrated eight days beginning in the 25th of Chislev (middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus [164 BC] in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollution of Antiochus Epiphanes