Greek verb · G134
αἰνέω
aineoahee-neh'-o
to praise
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ainéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G134is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G134
to praise (God)
The King James renders it: praise.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aineo is rendered "to praise". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 2:13And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
Luke 2:13αἰνούντων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- praising5
- do praise2
- to praise1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| αἴνεσις | ainesis | praise | Uses1 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- αἰνεῖτε2
- αἰνοῦντες2
- αἰνεῖν1
- αἰνοῦντα1
- αἰνούντων1
- αἰνῶν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural2V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
Luke
three uses
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:
- αἰνούντωνainountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: praising
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
- αἰνοῦντεςainountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: praising
And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
- αἰνεῖνaineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to praise
Acts
three uses
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
- αἰνοῦντεςainountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: praising
He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.
- αἰνῶνainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: praising
When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
- αἰνοῦνταainountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: praising
Romans
one use
And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”
- αἰνεῖτεaineiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do praise
Revelation
one use
Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
- αἰνεῖτεaineiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do praise
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.