# G1867 ἐπαινέω

ἐπαινέω (epainéō), Strong’s G1867: to applaud KJV: commend, laud, praise. Occurs 27 times.

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*epainéō* — to applaud

KJV: commend, laud, praise

Built from [ἐπί epí](https://besorah.bible/word/G1909) (meaning superimposition) + [αἰνέω ainéō](https://besorah.bible/word/G134) (to praise)

Occurs 27 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 16:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=8) — “His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own…
- [1 Corinthians 11:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/11?v=2) — Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them…
- [1 Corinthians 11:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/11?v=17) — But in giving you this command I don’t praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
- [1 Corinthians 11:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/11?v=22) — What, don’t you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God’s assembly and put them to shame who don’t…
- [Judith 6:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/judith/6?v=20) — They comforted Achior, and praised him exceedingly.
- [Sirach 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/1?v=1) — 
- [Sirach 27:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/27?v=7) — Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tested.
- [3 Maccabees 4:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/4?v=16) — The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far…
- [4 Maccabees 1:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/1?v=10) — For their virtues, then, it is right that I should commend those men who died with their mother at this time on behalf…
- [4 Maccabees 2:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/2?v=2) — on this ground, therefore, the temperate Joseph is praised in that by reasoning, he subdued, on reflection, the…