G0134
αἰνέω
to praise
αἰνέω, -ῶ (αἶνος), poët., Ion. and late prose (MM, VGT, see word) for cl. ἐπαινέω, [in LXX chiefly for הלל, ידה ;] to praise: with accusative, τ. θεόν, Luk.2:13,20 19:37 24:53, Act.2:47 3:8,9, Rom.15:11; with dative, τ. Θεῷ (Jer.20:13, al. for הִלֵּל לְ; see Field, Notes, 245), Rev.19:5.† SYN.: ἐξομολογέω, εὐλογέω, εὐχαριστέω, μακαρίζω (see DCG, i, 211). (AS)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
αἰνέω — ainéō
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, Luk 2:13; Luk 2:20; Luk 19:37; Luk 24:53 (WH omit; Tr text brackets); Act 2:47; Act 3:8; Rom 15:11; with the dative of person, τῷ Θεῷ, to sing praises in honor of God, Rev 19:5 L T Tr WH, as the Sept. in 2Ch 7:3 (for (לְ הודָה), 1Ch 16:36; 1Ch 23:5; Jer 20:13 etc. (for לְ הִלֵּל); (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 f.; Buttmann, 176 (153). Compare: ἐπαινέω, παραινέω.)
9 occurrences
Luke (4), Acts (3), Romans (1), Revelation of John (1)