Strong’s G1456 · Greek
ἐγκαίνια
enkaínia
Definition
innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption)
Etymology
neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 (ἐν) and G2537 (καινός);
Where the KJV renders it
- dedication
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