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ἔπαινος

Lemmaἔπαινος
Citation formἔπαινος, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glosscommendation, praise
Strong’sG1868
Transliterationépainos
Definitionlaudation; concretely, a commendable thing
KJV glosses:--praise.
Derivationfrom and the base of
SBLGNT occurrences11

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
ἔπαινον
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Romans 13:3
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Ephesians 1:12
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Ephesians 1:14
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Ephesians 1:6
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Philippians 1:11
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — 1 Peter 1:7
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — 1 Peter 2:14
ἔπαινος
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Romans 2:29
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 1 Corinthians 4:5
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 2 Corinthians 8:18
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Philippians 4:8

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ἔπαινος with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.