Greek verb · G1457
ἐγκαινίζω
enkainizoeng-kahee-nid'-zo
to inaugurate
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: enkainízō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1457is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1457
to renew, i.e. inaugurate
The King James renders it: consecrate, dedicate.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
enkainizo is rendered "to inaugurate". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Hebrews 9:18That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
Hebrews 9:18ἐγκεκαίνισται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- has been inaugurated1
- He dedicated1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐγκαταλείπω | enkataleipo | to leave behind | Uses10 |
| ἐγκαλέω | enkaleo | to accuse | Uses7 |
| ἐγκαίνια | enkainia | Feast|Festival of Dedication | Uses1 |
| ἐγκάθετος | enkathetos | a spy | Uses1 |
| ἐγκατοικέω | enkatoikeo | to live among | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐγκεκαίνισται1
- ἐνεκαίνισεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RPI-3S
Hebrews
two uses
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
- ἐγκεκαίνισταιegkekainistaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been inaugurated
by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
- ἐνεκαίνισενenekainisenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He dedicated
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.