ἐγκαίν-ια G1456
Feast of Dedication, Jewish festival commemorating temple rededication by Judas Maccabeus in 164 BC
The Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), an eight-day Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the temple in 164 BC after Antiochus Epiphanes had desecrated it. Judas Maccabeus cleansed and rededicated the temple following the Maccabean revolt. John 10:22 notes Jesus was in Jerusalem during this feast, walking in Solomon's colonnade during winter. Though not commanded in Torah, this feast celebrated God's faithfulness in restoring temple worship. Jesus' presence there and His claims about being the true temple take on added significance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — John 10:22 places Jesus in Jerusalem at the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), the winter festival celebrating the temple's rededication in 164 BC. The term means 'renewal' or 'consecration.' English 'Dedication,' Spanish 'Dedicación,' French 'dédicace,' and German 'Tempelweihe' all reference this rededication commemoration. Jesus' presence at this feast celebrating restored temple worship sets the stage for His claims to be God's true temple—He is the ultimate fulfillment of what the physical building symbolized. 1×
AR["تَجديد"]·ben["সমর্পণ-উৎসব"]·DE["Tempelweihe"]·EN["Dedication"]·FR["dédicace"]·heb["חֲנֻכָּה"]·HI["समर्पण-पर्व"]·ID["perayaan-Pentahbisan"]·IT["enkainia"]·jav["riaya-anyar,"]·KO["수전절이"]·PT["dedicação"]·RU["обновление,"]·ES["Dedicación"]·SW["Kumbukumbu"]·TR["Adanma-Bayramı"]·urd["تجدید-کی-عید"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐγκαίν-ια, τά, (καινός) feast of renovation or consecration, LXX+2nd c.AD+; especially that established by Judas Maccabaeus at the reconsecration of the Temple, NT