ἐγκαινισμός
dedication, consecration
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐγκαινισμός appears in the Greek Septuagint — 7 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Numbers 7:10 ἐγκαινισμός And the rulers brought gifts for the dedication of the altar, in the day in which he anointed it, and the rulers brought their gifts before the altar.
- Numbers 7:11 ἐγκαινισμός And the Lord said to Moses, One chief each day, they shall offer their gifts a chief each day for the dedication of the altar.
- Numbers 7:84 ἐγκαινισμός This was the dedication of the altar in the day in which Moses anointed it, by the princes of the sons of Israel; twelve silver chargers, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden censers:
- 2 Chronicles 7:9 ἐγκαινισμός And on the eighth day he kept a solemn assembly: for he kept a feast of seven days as the dedication of the altar.
- Psalms 29:1 ἐγκαινισμός I will exalt you, O Lord; for you have lifted me up, and not caused my enemies to rejoice over me.
- Daniel 3:2 ἐγκαινισμός And he sent forth to gather the governors, and the captains, and the heads of provinces, chiefs, and princes, and those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, to come to the dedication of the image.
- Daniel 4:29 ἐγκαινισμός And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed you with grass as an ox: and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whoever he shall please.
About this word
About this word
ἐγκαινισμός (enkainismós), “dedication, consecration,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 7 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →