ἔπαινος

ἔπαινος — épainos

ἔπαινος, ἐπαινου, ὁ (ἐπί and αἶνος (as it were, a tale for another; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Lexil. § 83, 4; Schmidt, chapter 155)); approbation, commendation, praise: Php 4:8; ἐκ τίνος, bestowed by one, Rom 2:29; ἔπαινον ἔχειν ἐκ τίνος, genitive of person, Rom 13:3; ὁ ἔπαινος γενήσεται ἑκάστῳ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1Co 4:5; with the genitive of the person to whom the praise is given, Rom 2:29; 2Co 8:18; εἰς ἔπαινον, to the obtaining of praise, 1Pe 1:7; εἰς ἔπαινον τίνος, that a person or thing may be praised, Eph 1:6; Eph 1:14; Php 1:11; (πέμπεσθαι εἰς... ἔπαινον τίνος, 1Pe 2:14); εἶναι εἰς ἔπαινον τίνος to be a praise to a person or thing, Eph 1:12.