ἐπαινέω, ἐπαινῶ; future ἐπαινέσω (1Co_11:22, for the more common ἐπαινέσομαι, cf. Winers Grammar, 86 (82); (Buttmann, 53 (46)); L text Tr marginal reading ἐπαινῶ); 1 aorist ἐπῄνεσα; (ἔπαινος); from Homer down; the Sept. for δΔμΕΜμ and ωΔΡαΗΜη; to approve, to praise (with the ἐπί cf. German be- inbeloben (Passow, under the word ἐπί, IV. C. 3 cc.)): τινα, Rom_15:11; 1Co_11:22; τινα, followed by ὅτι (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 9 b.), Luk_16:8; 1Co_11:2; absolutely, followed by ὅτι, 1Co_11:17.

ἐπαινέω epaineō 6x to praise, commend, applaud, Luk_16:8 ; Rom_15:11 ; 1Co_11:2 ; 1Co_11:17 ; 1Co_11:22 (2x)

ἐπ -αινέω , -ῶ , [in LXX for H1984 pi ., H7623 pi .;] to praise: c . acc , Rom_15:11 , 1Co_11:22 ; seq . ὅτι , Luk_16:8 , 1Co_11:2 ; absol. , seq . ὅτι , 1Co_11:17 .†

ἐπαινέω [page 227] Syll 192 .62 (B.C. 290 87) καὶ ] ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις ἐπείνεκε (for form see Meisterhans Gr. p. 171) καὶ ἐστεφάνωκεν αὐτὸν ὁ δῆμος [οὐθὲν ἐλλείποντα ] σπονδῆς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν , Magn 115 a. .13 (ii/A.D.) ὅτι μὲν γὰ [ρ τ ]ὴν ἐμὴν ἐκπονεῖς [γ ]ῆν . . . ἐπαι [ν ]ῶ σὴν πρόθεσιν . According to Meisterhans Gr. p. 211 the construction with the acc. prevails from B.C. 350 : previous to that the verb is found also with the dative. For the constr. in Luk_16:8 with the acc. of the person and the gen. of the thing we may compare IMAe iii. 910 Θ . τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα . . . στοργῆς καὶ καλοκἀγαθίας ἧς ἔσχεν ἰς ἐμὲ ἀφηρόϊσεν ( canonized as a hero ). In P Eleph 13 .4 (B.C. 223 2) ἐγὼ οὖν ἐπυνθανόμην τοῦ Σανῶτος , εἴ τι βούλοιτο ἐν τοῖς καθ̣̕ ἡ̣μ̣ᾶς τόποις , ὁ δὲ ἐπήινει μόνον , ἐπέταξεν δ᾽ οὐθέν , ἐπήινει is = approbabat, assentiebatur, almost = thanked me, said he was obliged (cf. the classical formula, κάλλιστ᾽ ἐπαινῶ ), a sense which apparently does not occur elsewhere in the papyri : see Witkowski s note, Epp . .2 , p. 43. MGr παινῶ retains the meaning praise.

ἐπαινέω epic imperf. ἐπῄνεον fut. -έσω or -έσομαι poet. ήσω [Etym: poetic but not Attic are ἐπ-αινήσω, ἐπ-ῄνησα] aor1 ἐπῄνεσα aor1 ἐπῄνησα perf. ἐπῄνεκα Pass., fut. -αινεθήσομαι aor1 ἐπῃνέθην "to approve, applaud, commend", Lat. laudare, Hom. , etc.; ἐπ. τινά τι "to commend" one "for" a thing, Aesch. "to compliment publicly, panegyrize", Thuc. "to undertake to do", c. inf., Eur. the aor. ἐπῄνεσα is in attic used in a pres. sense, ἐπῄνεσ᾽ ἔργον "I commend" it, Soph. : and absol., "well done!" Ar. "to recommend, exhort, advise", c. inf., Soph. as a civil form of declining an offer, "I thank you, I am much obliged", κάλλιστ᾽, ἐπαινῶ Ar. ; so, ἐπ. τὴν κλῆσιν "to decline" it, Xen. of Rhapsodists, "to declaim", Plat.

ἐπ-αινέω, -ῶ [in LXX for הָלַל pi., שָׁבַח pi. ;] to praise: with accusative, Rom.15:11, 1Co.11:22; before ὅτι, Luk.16:8, 1Co.11:2; absol., before ὅτι, 1Co.11:17.† (AS)