ἘΠΗΝΕΙΤΟ, ἐπηνειτο
EPĒNEITO, epēneito
Sounds Like: eh-PAY-nay-toh
Translations: he was being praised, she was being praised, it was being praised
From the root: ἘΠΑΙΝΈΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is an inflected form of the verb 'epaineō', meaning 'to praise' or 'to commend'. The form 'epēneito' specifically indicates an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, and that the subject of the verb was the recipient of the action (i.e., being praised). It is used to describe someone or something that was receiving praise or commendation.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Passive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1867 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 2:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΑΙΝΈΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΑΙΝΕΣΘΗΣΟΜΕΘΑ — we shall be praised, we will be praised, we shall be commended, we will be commended
- ἘΠΑΙΝΟΥΜΕΝ — we praise, we commend, we approve
- ἘΠΑΙΝΟΥΜΕΝΗ — praised, being praised, commendable, laudable, a praised one, a commendable one
- ἘΠΑΙΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — praised, commended, laudable, worthy of praise
- ἘΠΑΙΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — praised, being praised, commendable, laudable, a praised one, a commendable one
- ἘΠΑΙΝΟΥΜΕΝΩ — praised, being praised, commendable, laudable, worthy of praise, a praised one, a commendable one
- ἘΠΑΙΝΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of praising, of commending, of approving, of extolling
- ἘΠΗΝ — I praised, I approved, I commended
- ἘΠΗΝΕΣΑΝ — they praised, they commended, they approved
- ἘΠΗΝΟΥΝ — praised, were praising, approved, were approving
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