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Egkainia

eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah
Parts of Speech Noun Neuter

Egkainia Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 1
  1. 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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
egkainia
Origin
plural of a presumed compound from (1722) and (2537)
Strong's Number
1456
TDNT Entry
None

NAS Word Usage

feast of the Dedication
1
Total
1

NAS Verse Count

1
Total
1
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Egkainia". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.