Quick Definition
I praise
Strong's Definition
to praise (God)
Derivation: from G136 (αἶνος);
KJV Usage: praise
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
αἰνέω, (ῶ; (found in secular authors of every age (only twice in good Attic prose (where ἐπαινέω παραινέω. etc, take its place), Veitch), but especially frequent in the Sept. and the Apocrypha of the O. T.; from αἶνος); to praise, extol: τόν Θεόν, Luk_2:13; Luk_2:20; Luk_19:37; Luk_24:53 (WH omit; Tr text brackets); Act_2:47; Act_3:8; Rom_15:11; with the dative of person, τῷ Θεῷ, to sing praises in honor of God, Rev_19:5 L T Tr WH, as the Sept. in 2Ch_7:3 (for (μΐ δεγΘδ), 1Ch_16:36; 1Ch_23:5; Jer_20:13 etc. (for μΐ δΔμΕΜμ); (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 f.; Buttmann, 176 (153). Compare: ἐπαινέω, παραινέω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
αἰνέω aineō 8x
to praise, celebrate
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
αἰνέω , -ῶ
( <αἶνος ), poλt., Ion , and late prose ( MM , VGT , s.v. ) for cl . ἐπαινέω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1984 , H3034 ;]
to praise: c . acc , τ . θεόν , Luk_2:13 ; Luk_2:20 ; Luk_19:37 ; Luk_24:53 , Act_2:47 ; Act_3:8-9 , Rom_15:11 ; c . dat ., τ . θεῷ ( Jer_20:13 , al. for H1984 ; v. Field, Notes , 245), Rev_19:5 .†
SYN.: ἐξομολογέω G1843 , εὐλογέω G2127 , εὐχαριστέω G2168 , μακαρίζω G3106 ( v. DCG , i, 211).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
αἰνέω [page 13]
Dittenberger, in his note on Syll 835 .8 (iv/B.C., Elatea) [ὁ δᾶμ ]ος αἰνεῖ , observes that the use of the verb belongs to the older language. But Plutarch has it occasionally; and in the LXX it is four times as frequent as ἐπαινέω , especially in the sense of praising God.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
αἰνέω This is a Poet. and ionic Verb, while ἐπαινέω is used in attic Prose properly, "to tell or speak of" (cf. αἶνος), Aesch. commonly, "to speak in praise of, praise", Lat. laudo, c. acc., Hom. , Hdt. "to allow, recommend", Od. : c. inf. "to recommend" to do a thing, Aesch. ; also c. part., αἰνεῖν ἰόντα "to commend" one's going, id=Aesch. like ἀγαπάω, "to be content, acquiesce", Eur. :—c. acc. rei, "to be content with, acquiesce in", γάμον Pind. , etc.; θῆσσαν τράπεζαν Eur. "to decline courteously", Hes. "to promise or vow", τί τινι or τινὶ ποιεῖν τι Soph. , Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
αἰνέω, -ῶ (αἶνος), poët., Ion. and late prose (MM, VGT, see word) for cl. ἐπαινέω,
[in LXX chiefly for הלל, ידה ;]
to praise: with accusative, τ. θεόν, Luk.2:13,20 19:37 24:53, Act.2:47 3:8,9, Rom.15:11; with dative, τ. Θεῷ (Jer.20:13, al. for הִלֵּל לְ; see Field, Notes, 245), Rev.19:5.†
SYN.: ἐξομολογέω, εὐλογέω, εὐχαριστέω, μακαρίζω (see DCG, i, 211). (AS)