The corpus record

ἐγκαιν-ίζω

egkainizo

restore, make afresh, consecrate, inaugurate

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum I 4 · 2.3/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Isaias 3 · 1.14/10k
Paralipomenon II 2 · 1.02/10k
Deuteronomium 2 · 0.89/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k

What it meant — LSJ

restore, make afresh, consecrate, inaugurate

restore, τεῖχος LXX Is. 16.11; βασιλείαν 1 Ki. 11.14; make afresh ὁδόν Ep.Hebr. 10.20; consecrate, inaugurate, οἶκον Κυρίου LXX 3 Ki. 8.63:—Pass., Ep.Hebr. 9.18, IG 12(5).712.58 (Syros); χύτρα -ισμένα Archig. ap. Orib. 8.46.4.

II innovate

innovate, prob. in PPar. 16.24 (ii B.C.).

In the wild

ἐνεκαίνισεν · enekainisen New Testament, Hebrews 10.19 (DIORISIS sentence 166)
ἐνεκαίνισεν · enekainisen Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 20
ἐγκαινιεῖ · enkainiei Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 20
ἐνεκαίνισας · enekainisas Septuaginta, Isaias 16
Ἐγκαινίζεσθε · Enkainizesthe Septuaginta, Isaias 41
ἐγκαινίζεσθε · enkainizesthe Septuaginta, Isaias 45

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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.

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