- Original: ἐγκαίνια - Transliteration: Egkainia - Phonetic: eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah - Definition: 1. dedication, consecration a. in particular the annual feast celebrated eight days beginning in the 25th of Chislev (middle of our December), instituted by Judas Maccabaeus [164 BC] in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollution of Antiochus Epiphanes - Origin: plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Neuter plural of a presumed compound from G1722 and G2537 ; innovatives that is (specifically) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption): - dedication. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • dedication, 1 Joh 10:22