Enkainizo means “consecrate” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1457 — gahar (“cast self down”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1457 ἐγκαινίζω (egkainizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. egkainizo (eng-kai-nid'-zo) v. 1. to renew, i.e. inaugurate [from G1456] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include dedicated, let, house, lord, and twenty. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
egkainizo (eng-kai-nid'-zo) v. 1. to renew, i.e. inaugurate [from G1456] KJV: consecrate, dedicate Root(s): G1456
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1457. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to inaugurate
Usage: ἐγκαινίζω, see: ἐνκ-. ἐν-καινίζω (Rec. ἐγκ-, see: ἐν), [in LXX: (to renew) 1Ki.11:14, 2Ch.15:8, Ps 50(51):10 (Br-m pi.); (to dedicate) Deu.20:5, 2Ch.7:5 (-^jn); Isa.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, Heb.9:18 ; ὁδόν, ib. 10:20 (Cremer, 323).† (AS)
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Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1457 (ἐγκαινίζω) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the scribes shall speak to the people, saying, What man is he that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man dedicate it.
And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Gilgal, and there renew the kingdom.
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then said Judas and his brethren, Behold, our enemies are discomfited: let us go up to cleanse and dedicate the sanctuary.
At what time and day the heathen had profaned it, even in that was it dedicated with songs, and citterns, and harps, and cymbals.
They decked also the forefront of the temple with crowns of gold and with shields; and the gates and the chambers they renewed, and hanged doors upon them.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1457.
And the scribes shall speak to the people, saying, What man is he that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man dedicate it.
And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Gilgal, and there renew the kingdom.
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of calves twenty and two thousand, of sheep a hundred and twenty thousand: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in Mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit in my inward parts.
Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.
Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew their strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgment.
All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in shame: ye isles, keep a feast to me.
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Then said Judas and his brethren, Behold, our enemies are discomfited: let us go up to cleanse and dedicate the sanctuary.
At what time and day the heathen had profaned it, even in that was it dedicated with songs, and citterns, and harps, and cymbals.
They decked also the forefront of the temple with crowns of gold and with shields; and the gates and the chambers they renewed, and hanged doors upon them.
Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built, and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased them very much.
The heart of the foolish is like a cart wheel; And his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1457, grouped by book.
Enkainizo (Strong's G1457) is a Greek word most simply glossed "consecrate". egkainizo (eng-kai-nid'-zo) v. 1. to renew, i.e. inaugurate [from G1456]
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's G1457 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1457 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dedicated, let, house, lord, twenty, and thousand. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1457, with linked reader references where each row is available.