Dictionary entry

ἐνκαινίζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐν-καινίζω (Rec. ἐγκ-, v.s. ἐν),

[in LXX: (to renew) I Ki 11:14, II Ch 15:8, Ps 50(51):10 (חדשׁ pi.); (to dedicate) De 20:5, II Ch 7:5 (חנךְ); Is 16:1141:145:16 (aliter in Heb.), Si 33(36):6, I Mac 4:36, 54, 57 5:1, II Mac 2:29 *;]

1 . to innovate (Eust.).

2. to renew (LXX ut supr.).

3. to initiate, inaugurate, dedicate (LXX ut supr.): διαθήκην, He 9:18; ὁδόν, ib. 10:20 (Cremer, 323).†