noun · masculine
epainos
Strong’sG1868
commendation, praise
stem epain-11 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἔπ-αινος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for תְּהִלָּה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1868 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
approval, praise, commendation, Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἐπαίνου τυχεῖν ἔκτινος Refs 5th c.BC+; κλεινὴ καὶ ἔπαινον ἔχουσα meriting praise,Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, praises, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 complimentary address, panegyric (but distinguished from ἐγκώμιον, as the general from the particular, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epainos4×ἔπαινος | epainois |
| object accusative | epainon7×ἔπαινον | epainoin |
| direct address vocative | epainor | epainoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | epainou | epainoiu |
| to, for dative | epaino | epainoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
epaino is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
epainos“praise”subjectnominative singular4×
Romans 2:29… en pneume ouk gramme, hou tos epainos ouk ek anthrōpoiu alla ek tou …… the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but …
1 Corinthians 4:5… boulain taiu kardiaiu, kai tote tos epainos geneti hekasto apo tou theou.… that time each will receive his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 8:18“praise”… meta autou ton adelfon hou tos epainos en te euangelie dia pantaiu taiu …Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.
Philippians 4:8… ei tinas aretas kai ei tinos epainos, houteim logizovōr;… admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think on these things.
epainon“praise”objectaccusative singular7×
Romans 13:3… exousian? tem agathem poiasōr, kai echasi epainon ek autau;… right, and you will have his approval.
Ephesians 1:6eis epainon doxau tau charitau autou hau charitata …to the praise of His glorious grace, which He …
Ephesians 1:12eis tem arō nin eis epainon doxau autou toin proelpizarēntoin en to …… in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:14… nu, eis apolutrōsian tau peripoiēsiau, eis epainon tau doxau autou.… who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
Philippians 1:11… dia Iēsu Christou eis doxan kai epainon theou.… Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
1 Peter 1:7… dia pureu de dokimazorōnteu heuriskiteia eis epainon kai doxan kai timan en apokalupsia …… refined by fire — may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation …
1 Peter 2:14… dia autou pemporōntoi eis ekdikēsian kakopoioiu epainon de agathopoioiu… those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.