The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἐπαινέω

Lemmaἐπαινέω
Citation formἐπαινέω
Part of speechverb
GlossI praise, commend
Strong’sG1867
Transliterationepainéō
Definitionto applaud
KJV glosses:--commend, laud, praise.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐπαινεσάτωσαν
verb, third person, aorist, active, plural (MorphGNT 3AAD-P--)Romans 15:11
ἐπαινέσω
verb, first person, aorist, active, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 1AAS-S--)1 Corinthians 11:22
Ἐπαινῶ
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--)1 Corinthians 11:2
ἐπαινῶ
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--)1 Corinthians 11:17
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--)1 Corinthians 11:22
ἐπῄνεσεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--)Luke 16:8

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: επαινεω.