ἐγκαινίζω

ἐγκαινίζω, see: ἐνκ-.

ἐν-καινίζω (Rec. ἐγκ-, see: ἐν),

[in LXX: (to renew) 1 Sam 11,14, 2 Kron 15,8, Sl 51,10 (Br-m pi.); (to dedicate) 5 Mos 20,5, 2 Kron 7,5 (-^jn); Es 16,11; 41,1; 45,16 (aliter in Heb.), Si 33(36):6, 1Ma 4,36,54,57; 5,1, 2Ma 2,29 *;]

1. to innovate (Eust.). 2. to renew (LXX ut supr.). 3. to initiate, inaugurate, dedicate (LXX ut supr.) : διαθήκην, Hebr 9,18 ; ὁδόν, Hebr 10,20 (Cremer, 323).†