noun · neuter
enkainiem
Greekἐγκαίνια (enkainia)
Strong’sG1456
a renewal, dedication
stem enkaini-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐγκαίνια, v.s. ἐνκ-.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1456 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saideng-kah'-ee-nee-ah
innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption)
Fromneuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537;
King Jamesdedication.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | enkainiem | enkainieim1×ἐγκαίνια |
| of, belonging to genitive | enkainieu | enkainieiu |
| to, for dative | enkainie | enkainiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
enkainie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
enkainieim“feast of dedication”subject or objectdirect plural1×
John 10:22“feast of dedication”Gineta tote teim enkainieim en tei Hierosolumei; cheimōnos ate,At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,