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1456 – ἐγκαίνια (egkainia)

feast of dedication


Type:
Noun
neut. ♁
Greek: ἐγκαίνια (egkainia)
Pronunciation: eng-kah-ee-nee-ah    Listen
Gematria: 100(5 + 3 + 20 + 1 + 10 + 50 + 10 + 1)    words with the same gematria
Origin: Plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537
Usage: 1 times in NT

Description

  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.


Origin

Plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537:

ἐνenG1722in
καινόςkainosG2537new

Word root

Word with egkainia as root:

ἐγκαινίζωegkainizoG1457dedicate

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
nom. pl. neut. Nominative plural Neutral
N-NPN-1


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Usage in NT


1
Total    1

References (1 occurances in 1 verses)




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