Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to praise
Usage: 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)
Epaineo means “laud” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1867 — dareyavesh (“Darius”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1867 ἐπαινέω (epaineo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epaineo (ep-ai-neh'-o) v. 1. to applaud [from G1909 and G134] It has 31 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include praise, commended, and laud. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epaineo (ep-ai-neh'-o) v. 1. to applaud [from G1909 and G134] KJV: commend, laud, praise Root(s): G1909, G134
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to praise
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epaineo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1867 (ἐπαινέω) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
that the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh and brought her into the house of Pharaoh.
Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; And the unjust one blesses himself.
My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: Let the meek hear, and rejoice.
9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly.
The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far from the truth, and his profane mouth, gave glory to idols, deaf and incapable of speaking or aiding, and uttered unworthy speech against the Greatest God.
For their virtues, then, it is right that I should commend those men who died with their mother at this time in behalf of rectitude; and for their honors, I may count them happy.
First 31 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1867.
that the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh and brought her into the house of Pharaoh.
Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; And the unjust one blesses himself.
My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: Let the meek hear, and rejoice.
In God will we make our boast all the day, And to thy name will we give thanks forever. Pause.
In God I will praise my words; All the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.
For thy mercy is better than life: My lips shall praise thee.
But the king shall rejoice in God; Everyone that swears by him shall be praised; For the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him, And all the upright in heart shall be praised.
All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; And they that praised me have sworn against me.
Glory in his holy name: Let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.
That we may behold the good of thine elect, That we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, That we may glory with thine inheritance.
Alleluia. Praise the Lord, all ye nations: Praise him, all ye peoples.
Generation after generation shall praise thy works, And tell of thy power.
Alleluia, a Psalm of Haggai and Zechariah. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.
And I praised all the dead that had already died More than the living, As many as are alive until now.
And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, And that out of the holy place: And they departed, and were praised in the city, Because they had done thus: This also is vanity.
Then I praised mirth, Because there is no good for a man under the sun, But to eat, and drink, and be merry: And this shall attend him In his labor all the days of his life, Which God has given him under the sun.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
And they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly.
The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far from the truth, and his profane mouth, gave glory to idols, deaf and incapable of speaking or aiding, and uttered unworthy speech against the Greatest God.
For their virtues, then, it is right that I should commend those men who died with their mother at this time in behalf of rectitude; and for their honors, I may count them happy.
on this ground, therefore, the temperate Joseph is praised in that by reasoning, he subdued, on reflection, the indulgence of sense.
Apollonius, acquainting himself with the particulars of this, praised Simon for his care of the king’s interests, and going up to Seleucus informed him of the treasure;
now it is not so: but by means of the reasoning which is praised by God, they mastered their passions.
If we suffer thus, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob will receive us, and all the fathers will commend us.
For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended; And the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
Praise no man before thou hearest him speak; For this is the trial of men.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1867, grouped by book.
Epaineo (Strong's G1867) is a Greek word most simply glossed "laud". epaineo (ep-ai-neh'-o) v. 1. to applaud [from G1909 and G134]
This page currently indexes 31 linked usages for Strong's G1867 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1867 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as praise, commended, and laud. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1867, with linked reader references where each row is available.