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ἔπαινος

épainos · G1868 · Greek · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to praise, praise

    To speak of the excellence of a person, object, or event

    Examples

    Romans 2:29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from people, but from God.

    Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same;

    1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of human hearts; and then praise will come to each person from God.

  2. something worthy of praise, something praiseworthy

    That which is worthy of or deserves praise

    Examples

    Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

7 occurrences in 4 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word
αἶνος aînos · G136 · praise
Both denote praise or commendation, with ἔπαινος applicable broadly to human commendation and divine praise, while αἶνος appears specialized to liturgical praise directed toward God.
Semantic domains 2 entries
To praise, praise33.354
This noun denotes commendation or praise given to someone, used of Paul's teaching that the true Jew's praise is not from people but from God — "his praise is not from people, but from God" (Romans 2:29).
Something worthy of praise, something praiseworthy33.355
It also denotes the praiseworthy quality of an object of praise itself, used of Paul's declaration that believers exist to the praise of the glory of God's grace — "to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:6).
Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

αἶνος aînos · G136 · praise · 2×ἔπαινοςépainos · G1868αἰνέω ainéō · G134 · to praise, praise · 8×ἐπαινέω epainéō · G1867 · to praise, praise · 6×παραινέω parainéō · G3867 · to advise strongly, to urge · 2×αἴνεσις aínesis · G133 · to praise, praise · 1×αἴνιγμα aínigma · G135 · that which is puzzling, that which is difficult to understand, puzzle · 1×Ἐπαίνετος Epaínetos · G1866 · praised; Epænetus, a Christian · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπαινου, ὁ (ἐπί and αἶνος (as it were, a tale for another; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873)…
ἐπαινου, ὁ (ἐπί and αἶνος (as it were, a tale for another; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Lexil. § 83, 4; Schmidt, chapter 155)); approbation, commendation, praise: Phm 4:8; ἐκ τίνος, bestowed by one, Rom 2:29; ἔπαινον ἔχειν ἐκ τίνος, genitive of person, Rom 13:3; ὁ ἔπαινος γενήσεται ἑκάστῳ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 Cor 4:5; with the genitive of the person to whom the praise is given, Rom 2:29; 2 Cor 8:18; εἰς ἔπαινον, to the obtaining of praise, 1 Pet 1:7; εἰς ἔπαινον τίνος, that a person or thing may be praised, Eph 1:6, Eph 1:14; Phm 1:11; (πέμπεσθαι εἰς... ἔπαινον τίνος, 1 Pet 2:14); εἶναι εἰς ἔπαινον τίνος to be a praise to a person or thing, Eph 1:12.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Praise11 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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