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Strong's #134 - αἰνέω
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- to praise, extol, to sing praises in honour to God
- to allow, recommend
- to promise or vow
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αἰνέω
I (cf. αἴνημι, αἰνίζομαι), impf. ᾔνουν E. Hec. 1154, Ion. αἴνεον Hdt. 3.73: fut. αἰνήσω Od. 16.380, Thgn. 1080, Pi. N. 1.72; in Att. Poets always αἰνέσω, as in Pi. N. 7.63, Semon. 7.112: aor. ᾔνησα Hom., opt. αἰνήσειε Simon. 57.1; Dor. αἴνησα Pi. P. 3.13; in Att. always ᾔνεσα, Ion. αἴνεσα Hdt. 5.113: pf. ᾔνεκα (ἐπ-) Isoc. 12.207: — Med., fut. αἰνέσομαι (only in compds. ἐπ-, παρ-): — Pass., aor. part. αἰνεθείς Hdt. 5.102: pf. ᾔνημαι (ἐπ-) Hp. Acut. 51, Isoc. 12.233. — Poet. and Ion. Verb, very rare in good Att. Prose (Pl. R. 404d, Lg. 952c), ἐπαινέω being used instead: — properly, tell, speak of, A. Ag. 98, 1482 (both lyr.), Ch. 192; σε κρηγύην αἰνεῖ reports of you as honest, Herod. 4.47.
II usu.
1. praise, approve, opp. ϝεικέω, ψέγω, Il. 10.249, Thgn. 612, etc.; ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις Arist. Fr. 673: — Pass., ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδεω αἰνεθείς Hdt. 5.102; ἐπ' ἔργμασιν ἐσθλοῖς Theoc. 16.15. esp. in religious sense, glorify God, LXX 1 Chronicles 16:4, Luke 2:13, PMag.Par. 1.1146, al.: — also c. dat., τῷ κυρίῳ, τῷ θεῷ, LXX 1 Chronicles 16:36, Revelation 19:5.
2. approve, advise, recommend Od. 16.380, 403: c. inf., recommend to do a thing, euphem. for κελεύω, A. Ch. 555, 715: c. part., αἰνεῖν ἰόντα to commend one's going, Id. Pers. 643: — ὦ δεινὸν αἶνον αἰνέσας giver of dire counsel, S. Ph. 1380: — c. acc. rei, to be content with, acquiesce in, γάμον Pi. P. 3.13, cf. N. 1.72, A. Eu. 469, Supp. 902, 1070 (lyr.), E. Med. 1157; θῆσσαν τράπεζαν αἰνέσαι Id. Alc. 2.
3. praise, with collateral sense, decline courteously, νῇ ὀλίγην αἰνεῖν, μεγάλῃ δ' ἐνὶ φορτία θέσθαι Hes. Op. 643 (cf. Plu. 2.22f), cf. S. Fr. 109; but, thank, cj.in E. Supp. 388.
4. abs., approve, ὁ δᾶμος αἰνεῖ IG 9(1).119 (Locr.).
III to promise or vow, τινί τι or τινὶ ποιεῖν τι, S. Ph. 1398, E. Alc. 12.
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, Luke 2:13, 20; Luke 19:37; Luke 24:53 (WH omit; Tr text brackets); Acts 2:47; Acts 3:8; Romans 15:11; with the dative of person, τῷ Θεῷ, to sing praises in honor of God, Revelation 19:5 L T Tr WH, as the Sept. in 2 Chronicles 7:3 (for (לְ הודָה), 1 Chronicles 16:36; 1 Chronicles 23:5; Jeremiah 20:13 etc. (for לְ הִלֵּל); (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 f.; Buttmann, 176 (153). Compare: ἐπαινέω, παραινέω.)
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αἰνέω , -ῶ
(<αἶνος ), poët., Ion, and late prose (MM, VGT, s.v.) for cl. ἐπαινέω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1984, H3034;]
to praise: c. acc, τ . θεόν , Luke 2:13; Luke 2:20; Luke 19:37; Luke 24:53, Acts 2:47; Acts 3:8-9, Romans 15:11; c. dat., τ . θεῷ (Jeremiah 20:13, al. for H1984; v. Field, Notes, 245), Revelation 19:5.†
SYN.: ἐξομολογέω G1843, εὐλογέω G2127, εὐχαριστέω G2168, μακαρίζω G3106 (v. DCG, i, 211).
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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.
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