The Greek term used in John is "the renewals" (Greek τὰ ἐγκαίνια, ta enkainia). Josephus refers to the festival in Greek simply as "lights". Dedication...

consecration, and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek ἐγκαίνια (enkainia), meaning a festival of renewal or dedication, and corresponds to the English...

plural as "the renewals" or "the consecrations" (Greek: τὰ ἐγκαίνια; ta enkaínia). The same root appears in 2 Esdras 6:16 in the Septuagint to refer specifically...