ἘΠΗΝΟΥΝ, ἐπηνουν
EPĒNOUN, epēnoun
Sounds Like: ep-AY-noon
Translations: praised, were praising, approved, were approving
From the root: ἘΠΑΙΝΈΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means 'to praise,' 'to commend,' or 'to approve.' It describes the act of expressing admiration or approval for someone or something. It is often used to describe people giving verbal accolades or showing their support for an action or individual.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1867 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 11:253
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 45:232
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
- ἘΠΗΝΕΙΤΟ — he was being praised, she was being praised, it was being praised
- ἘΠΗΝΕΣΑΝ — they praised, they commended, they approved
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