ἐπαινέω

ἐπαινέω fut. ἐπαινέσω; 1 aor. ἐπῄνεσα; 1 fut. pass. ἐπαινεσθήσομαι LXX (s. next entry; Hom.+; ins [esp. in honorific decrees], pap, LXX, EpArist; JosAs 24:11; Philo, Joseph., Test12Patr; Tat.; Ath. 15, 2) to express one’s admiration for or approval of a pers., object, or event, praise τινά someone (Jos., Vi. 232 ἐμέ; 279; Tat.; Ath. 15, 2) 1 Cor 11:22a; IMg 12; ISm 5:2; MPol 4. ἑαυτὸν ἐ. praise oneself Hs 9, 22, 2. τὶ someth. (Aelian, VH 2, 12; Jos., Ant. 14, 293 τ. ἔργον; Ar. 13, 7; Just., D 2:5) 1 Cl 33:6. Abs. 1 Cor 11:22b, unless ὑμᾶς is to be supplied, cp. ibid. a. W. acc. and ὅτι foll. praise someone because or in that Lk 16:8 (s. the lit. on οἰκονόμος 1; JDerrett, NTS 7, ’60/61, 210 n. 3 ‘sanction’); 1 Cor 11:2. τοῦτο … οὐκ ἐπαινῶ ὅτι this is someth. I cannot praise (approve of), namely that 11:17 (for the sense ‘approve of’: Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 14 §49; Ael. Aristid. 24, 22 K.=44 p. 831 D.; Aelian, Fgm. 235 p. 263, 17 τὸ θεῖον οὐκ ἐπῄνει τὰ ὑπὸ τ. βασιλέως πραττόμενα. Oft. Philostrat. [Schmid IV 294]; Jos., Ant. 14, 293. Other exx. in AFridrichsen, Horae Soederblomianae I/1, ’44, 28–32. On the contrast between what can be commanded and what cannot cp. SIG 22, 10–26.). Pass. ἡ γῆ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ ἐπαινουμένη παρὰ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν praised above every land B 11:9 (quot. fr. an unknown prophet). Also in relig. usage: praise God (Philo) Ro 15:11 (Ps 116:1 v.l.); GJs 8:1.—DELG s.v. αἶνος. M-M. TW.