Greek verb · G1867
ἐπαινέω
epaineoep-ahee-neh'-o
to praise
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epainéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1867is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1867
to applaud
The King James renders it: commend, laud, 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
epaineo is rendered "to praise". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
Luke 16:8ἐπῄνεσεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's six uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I commend1
- I do praise1
- I praise1
- praised1
- shall I praise1
- they should 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπαίρω | epairo | to lift up | Uses19 |
| ἔπαινος | epainos | praise | Uses11 |
| ἐπαισχύνομαι | epaischynomai | be ashamed of | Uses11 |
| ἐπαιτέω | epaiteo | to ask/beg | Uses2 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- ἐπαινῶ3
- ἐπαινεσάτωσαν1
- ἐπαινέσω1
- ἐπῄνεσεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular3V-PAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 3rd person plural1V-AAM-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-AAS-1S
Luke
one use
The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- ἐπῄνεσενepenesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: praised
Romans
one use
And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”
- ἐπαινεσάτωσανepainesatosanverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person pluraltagged: they should praise
1 Corinthians
four uses
Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- Ἐπαινῶepainoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I commend
In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.
- ἐπαινῶepainoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I do praise
Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!
- ἐπαινέσωepainesoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: shall I praise
- ἐπαινῶepainoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I 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.