Word: egkainia

Pronounce: eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah

Strongs Number: G1456

Orig: neuter plural of a presumed compound from 1722 and 2537; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption):--dedication. G1722

Use: Noun Neuter

Heb Strong:

1) dedication, consecration
1a) 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