εγενετο verb - second aorist middle deponent indicative - third person singular
ginomai ghin'-om-ahee: to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
δε conjunction
de deh: but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
τα definite article - nominative plural neuter
ho ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
εγκαινια noun - nominative plural neuter
egkainia eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah: innovatives, i.e. (specially) renewal (of religious services after the Antiochian interruption) -- dedication.
εν preposition
en en: in, at, (up-)on, by, etc.
ιεροσολυμοις noun - dative plural neuter
Hierosoluma hee-er-os-ol'-oo-mah: Hierosolyma (i.e. Jerushalaim}, the capitol of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
και conjunction
kai kahee: and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
χειμων noun - nominative singular masculine
cheimon khi-mone': meaning a storm (as pouring rain); by implication, the rainy season, i.e. winter -- tempest, foul weather, winter.
ην verb - imperfect indicative - third person singular
en ane: I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were) -- + agree, be, have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
