STRONGS G1868:
ἔπαινος,
-ου,
ὁ, (
ἐπί and
αἶνος [as it were,
a tale for another; cf.
Buttmann Lexil. § 83, 4; Schmidt, chapter 155]);
approbation, commendation, praise:
Philippians 4:8;
ἔκ τινος, bestowed by one,
Romans 2:29;
ἔπαινον ἔχειν ἔκ τινος, genitive of person,
Romans 13:3;
ὁ ἔπαινος γενήσεται ἑκάστῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ,
1 Corinthians 4:5; with the genitive of the person to whom the praise is given,
Romans 2:29;
2 Corinthians 8:18;
εἰς ἔπαινον, to the obtaining of praise,
1 Peter 1:7;
εἰς ἔπαινόν τινος, that a person or thing may be praised,
Ephesians 1:6,
14;
Philippians 1:11; [
πέμπεσθαι εἰς ἔπ.
τινος,
1 Peter 2:14];
εἶναι εἰς ἔπαινόν τινος to be a praise to a person or thing,
Ephesians 1:12.
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