ἐπαινέω

ἐπαινέω — epainéō

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 הִלֵּל and שִׁבַּח; 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.