Strong's Number G1456

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
1. 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