feast of renovation, consecration, at the reconsecration
feast of renovation or consecration, Thd. Da. 3.2, LXX 2 Es. 6.16; esp. that established by Judas Maccabaeus at the reconsecration of the Temple, Ev.Jo. 10.22.
The corpus record
ἐγκαίν-ια
egkainia · τά
feast of renovation
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Where it lives
- Esdras II 4 · 3.37/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ἐγκαίνια · enkainia Septuaginta, Esdras II 22
- ἐγκαινίοις · enkainiois Septuaginta, Esdras II 22
- ἐγκαίνια · enkainia Septuaginta, Esdras II 6
- ἐγκαίνια · enkainia Septuaginta, Esdras II 6
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.