"Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
Original word: ἐγκαίνια
Transliteration: egkainia
Definition (short): Dedication
Definition (full): dedication, renewal (of religious services)
Word Origin:
neut. pl. comp. from en and kainos
Definition: dedication, renewal (of religious services)
NASB Translation: feast of the Dedication (1).
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Neuter plural of a presumed compound from
en and
kainos ; innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption) -- dedication.
see GREEK en
see GREEK kainos
KJV:
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
NASB:
At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;