Lexical Definition

‎αἰνέω‎ ainéō (ahee-neh'-o) to praise G:V
from ‎αἶνος‎

praise.

Usage: 36 forms in 105 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
αἰνῶν praising Acts.3.8
αἰνοῦντεσ praising Luke.2.20 • Luke.24.53 • Acts.2.47
αἰνοῦντα praising Acts.3.9
αἰνούντων praising Luke.2.13
αἰνεῖτε do praise Rom.15.11 • Rev.19.5
αἰνεῖν to praise Luke.19.37
αινών In praising LXX.Ps.18.3
αινώ praise LXX.Dan.2.23 • LXX.Dan.4.37
αινούντων praising LXX.2Chr.23.12
αινούντεσ praising LXX.1Chr.23.5
αινούντασ ones praising LXX.2Chr.20.21
αινούμεν we praise LXX.1Chr.29.13
αινεσάτωσαν let them praise LXX.Ps.148.13 • LXX.Ps.149.3
let them praise him LXX.Ps.107.32
praise LXX.Ps.69.34 • LXX.Ps.148.5
αινεσάτω praise LXX.Ps.150.6
αινείτω praise LXX.Prov.31.30
αινείτε praise LXX.1Chr.16.10 • LXX.Ps.100.4 • LXX.Ps.113.1 • LXX.Ps.113.1 • LXX.Ps.117.1 • LXX.Ps.135.1 • LXX.Ps.135.1 • LXX.Ps.135.3 • LXX.Ps.147.1 • LXX.Ps.148.1 • LXX.Ps.148.1 • LXX.Ps.148.2 • LXX.Ps.148.2 • LXX.Ps.148.3 • LXX.Ps.148.3 • LXX.Ps.148.4 • LXX.Ps.148.7 • LXX.Ps.150.1 • LXX.Ps.150.1 • LXX.Ps.150.2 • LXX.Ps.150.2 • LXX.Ps.150.3 • LXX.Ps.150.3 • LXX.Ps.150.4 • LXX.Ps.150.4 • LXX.Ps.150.5 • LXX.Ps.150.5
αινείσθω be praised LXX.Prov.31.31
αινείν praise LXX.1Chr.23.5
praising LXX.1Chr.16.7 • LXX.Ezra.3.11 • LXX.Neh.12.24
to give praise LXX.1Chr.16.4 • LXX.2Chr.20.19
to praise LXX.1Chr.16.35 • LXX.1Chr.16.41 • LXX.1Chr.23.30 • LXX.2Chr.5.13 • LXX.2Chr.8.14 • LXX.2Chr.20.21 • LXX.2Chr.31.2 • LXX.Ezra.3.10 • LXX.Neh.12.36
αινή should praise LXX.Job.33.30
αινέσω I shall praise LXX.Ps.35.18
I will praise LXX.Ps.56.10 • LXX.Ps.56.10 • LXX.Ps.69.30 • LXX.Ps.109.30 • LXX.Ps.145.2 • LXX.Ps.146.2
αινέσουσιν shall praise LXX.Song.6.9
αινέσουσι shall praise LXX.Ps.22.26 • LXX.Ps.74.21
they shall give praise LXX.Jer.4.2
they shall praise LXX.Isa.62.9
αινέσουσί shall LXX.Ps.115.17 • LXX.Isa.38.18
they shall praise LXX.Ps.84.4
αινέσετε shall praise LXX.Joel.2.26
αινέσει it shall praise LXX.Ps.119.175
shall praise LXX.Ps.63.5 • LXX.Ps.102.18
αινέσατε praise LXX.Ps.22.23 • LXX.Jer.20.13 • LXX.Jer.31.5 • LXX.Jer.31.7
αινέσαντεσ in praising LXX.Jer.31.5
αινέσαισαν have praised you LXX.Gen.49.8
αινέσαι to praise LXX.Job.35.14
αίνει Praise LXX.Ps.146.1 • LXX.Ps.147.12
ήνεσεν praises LXX.Prov.31.28
ήνεσασ you praised LXX.Dan.5.23
ήνεσαν gave praise LXX.2Chr.7.3
they gave praise LXX.1Chr.16.36
they praised LXX.Judg.16.24 • LXX.Neh.5.13 • LXX.Dan.5.4
ήνεσα I praised LXX.Dan.4.34
ήνεσάσε I praised LXX.Ps.119.164
ήνεσάν praised LXX.Job.38.7

Abbott-Smith

αἰνέω, -ῶ (< αἶνος), poët., Ion. and late prose (MM, VGT, s.v.) for cl. ἐπαινέω, [in LXX chiefly for הלל, ידה;]
to praise: c. acc., τ. θεόν, Lk 2:13, 20 19:37 24:53, Ac 2:47 3:8, 9, Ro 15:11; c. dat., τ. Θεῷ (Je 20:13, al. for הִלֵּל לְ; v. Field, Notes, 245), Re 19:5.†
SYN.: ἐξομολογέω, εὐλογέω, εὐχαριστέω, μακαρίζω (v. DCG, i, 211).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Luke 2:13 · 2:20 · 19:37 · 24:53
Acts 2:47 · 3:8 · 3:9
Romans 15:11
Revelation 19:5

Liddell-Scott-Jones

αἰνέω

(compare αἴνημι, αἰνίζομαι), imperfect ᾔνουν[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect αἴνεον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future αἰνήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect Poets always αἰνέσω, as in [Refs 7th c.BC+]: aorist ᾔνησα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect αἴνησα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect always ᾔνεσα, Ionic dialect αἴνεσα[Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ᾔνεκα (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, future αἰνέσομαι (only in compounds ἐπ-, παρ-):—passive, aorist participle αἰνεθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ᾔνημαι (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]—poetical and Ionic dialect Verb, very rare in good Attic dialect Prose [Refs 5th c.BC+] being used instead:—properly, tell, speak of, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σε κρηγύην αἰνεῖ reports of you as honest, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

__II usually praise, approve, opposed to νεικέω, ψέγω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— passive, ὑπὸ Σιμωνίδεω αἰνεθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b especially in religious sense, glorify God, [LXX+NT]
__II.2 approve, advise, recommend [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, recommend to do a thing, euphemistic for κελεύω, [Refs 4th c.BC+]participle, αἰνεῖν ἰόντα to commend one's going, [Refs] —ὦ δεινὸν αἶνον αἰνέσας giver of dire counsel, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— with accusative of things, to be content with, acquiesce in, γάμον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 praise, with collateral sense, decline courteously, νῇ ὀλίγην αἰνεῖν, μεγάλῃ δ᾽ ἐνὶ φορτία θέσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; but, thank, conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 absolutely, approve, ὁ δᾶμος αἰνεῖ[Refs]
__III to promise or vow, τινί τι or τινὶ ποιεῖν τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Chr.16.4 ☩ Luke.2.13 ☩ LXX.1Chr.16.36 ☩ Rev.19.5