ἘΓΚΩΜΙΩΝ, ἐγκωμιων
EGKŌMIŌN, egkōmiōn
Sounds Like: eng-KO-mee-ohn
Translations: of praise, of eulogy, of commendation
From the root: ΕΓΚΩΜΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a formal expression of praise, a eulogy, or a commendation. It is typically used in the context of speeches or writings that extol the virtues or achievements of someone or something. It is a compound word, formed from the preposition 'ἐν' (en, meaning 'in' or 'on') and 'κῶμος' (kōmos, meaning 'revel' or 'procession'), originally referring to a song sung during a celebratory procession.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1453 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:212
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 10:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΩΜΙΟΝ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΩΜΙΟΙΣ — praise, eulogy, commendation, a praise, an eulogy, a commendation
- ἘΓΚΩΜΙΩ — (to) praise, (to) a praise, (to) eulogy, (to) a eulogy, (to) commendation, (to) a commendation
- ΕΓΚΩΜΙΑ — praise, eulogy, commendation, a praise, an eulogy, a commendation
- ΕΓΚΩΜΙΟΝ — praise, a praise, eulogy, an eulogy, commendation, a commendation
- ΕΓΚΩΜΙΟΥ — of praise, of commendation, of eulogy
- ΕΓΚΩΜΙΩ — praise, eulogy, commendation, a praise, an eulogy, a commendation
- ΕΓΚΩΜΙΩΝ — of praise, of eulogy, of commendation, of panegyric
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