Strong's G1866: Ἐπαίνετος (Epaínetos) Meaning

Quick Definition

Ἐπαίνετος, ου, ὁ n.m. Epaenetus

Biblical Persons & Places

Epaenetus Man living at the time of the New Testament

A man living at the time of the New Testament, only mentioned at Rom.16.5; only referred to as Epaenetus (Ἐπαίνετος).

Strong's Definition

praised; Epænetus, a Christian

Derivation: from G1867 (ἐπαινέω);

KJV Usage: Epenetus

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Ἐπαίνετος (G1866)

noun-name, m. | -ου

93.119 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Epaenetus the first Christian in Asia Minor

ROM 16:5

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

᾿Ἐπαίνετος [so W. § 6,11. (cf. Chandler § 325); Ἔπαιvetos Rec T; see Tdf. Proleg. p. 103; Lipsius, Gram. Unters. p. 30 sq.; Roehl, Inserr. index iii.], (ἐπαινέω), του, 6, Epenetus, the name of a Christian mentioned in Ro. xvi. 5.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Ἐπαίνετος Epainetos 1x

Epaenetus, pr. name, Rom. 16:5*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἐπαίνετος (Rec. -τός), -ου, ὁ Epænetus, a Christian of Rome: Ro 16:5.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Ἐπαίνετος [page 227] This proper name ( Rom_16:5 ) is found in an imprecatory tablet from Corcyra, Syll 808 .4 : cf. the list of names from Hermopolis Magna Preisigke 599 .150 (Ptol.) Ἐπαίνετος Θόαντος , and the fem. in Michel 1503 D. i. 29 (ii/i B.C.) Ἐ ]παινέτη Ἀριστοβούλου . For the adj., apparently in an active sense, cf. the rhetorical fragment PSI I. 85 .4 (iii/A.D.) ἀπομνημόνευμα σύντομον ἐπὶ προσώπου τινὸς ἐπενετόν ( l. ἐπαινετόν ), a concise laudatory memoir regarding some person : see further s.v. ἀπομνημόνευμα .

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Ἐπαίνετος (Epainetos) — Epaenetus. ἐπαιν-ετός, ή, όν, to be praised, praiseworthy, laudable, [Refs 5th c.BC+]the object of praise, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative, [Refs 1st c.AD+]. adverb -τῶς[Refs 1st c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Ἐπαίνετος (Rec. -τός), -ου, ὁ Epænetus, a Christian of Borne: Rom.16:5.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

16:5

G1866 Ἐπαίνετος (Epaínetos)