Strong's Lexicon
G1457 — ἐγκαινίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1457 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐγκαινίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1456 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | egkainizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | eng-kai-nid'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to renew, i.e. inaugurate |
| KJV Renderings: | consecrate, dedicate |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐγκαινίζω (T WH ἐνκαινίζω, see ἐν, III 3): 1 aorist ἐνεκαινισα; perfect passive ἐγκεκαινισμαι; a word exclusively Biblical and ecclesiastical (Winers Grammar, 33); to innovate, i. e.:
1. to renew: 2Ch 15:8.
2. to do anew, again: σημεῖα, Sir 33:6 (Sir 36:6).
3. to initiate, consecrate, dedicate, (Deu 20:5; 1Ki 8:63; 1Sa 11:14, etc.): διαθήκην, Heb 9:18; ὁδόν, Heb 10:20.
STRONGS NT 1457a: ἐγκακέωἐγκακέω, ἐγκάκω ((see below); 1 aorist ἐνεκάκησα; (κακός); (properly, to behave badly in; hence) to be weary in anything, or to lose courage, flag, faint: adopted by L T Tr WH in place of R G ἐκκακέω (which see) in Luk 18:1; 2Co 4:1; 2Co 4:16; Gal 6:9; Eph 3:13; 2Th 3:13 — except that T WH write ἐνκακέω in Luk 18:1; Gal 6:9; Eph 3:13; so WH in 2Th 3:13, also; see ἐν, III. 3; (cf. Tdf.’s note on 2Co 4:1; Meyer ibid., who thinks that ἐκκακέω may have been a colloquial form. See the full exhibition of the usage of the manuscripts given by Dr. Gregory in his Proleg. to Tdf. edition 8, p. 78.) (Found a few times in Symm. (Gen 27:46; Num 21:5; Isa 7:16; also Pro 3:11 Theod.); Clement of Rome, 2Co 2:1-17; 2Co 2:1-17 [ET]; in secular writings only in Polybius 4, 19, 10 τό πέμπειν τάς βοηθείας ἐνεκακησαν they culpably neglected to send aid (add Philo de confus. lingg. § 13 (Mang. i., 412, 36) οὐκ ἐκκακουμενος; ἐκναμφθην.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐγκαινίζω (consecrate)
Hebrews 9:18
- KJV: Whereupon neither the first was dedicated without blood
- GK: όθεν ουδ΄ η πρώτη χωρίς αίματος εγκεκαίνισται
Hebrews 10:20
- KJV: By a new and living way which he hath consecrated for us through the veil that is to say his flesh
- GK: ην ενεκαίνισεν ημίν οδόν πρόσφατον και ζώσαν διά του καταπετάσματος τουτ΄ της σαρκός αυτού
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