aineō · praise

What it means

aineō (αἰνέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “praise”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To say aloud how great and good God is.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• praising ×6
• Praise ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×3
• Acts×3
• Romans×1
• Revelation×1

• Luke 2:13

  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying,

• Luke 2:20

  And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

• Luke 19:37

  And as he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing and praising God with a loud voice for all the miracles that they had seen,

• Acts 2:47

  praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to their number those who were being saved.

• Acts 3:8

  and leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and he went with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

• Acts 3:9

  And all the people saw him walking and praising God;

• Romans 15:11

  And again: Praise the Lord, all the nations, and let all the peoples praise him.

• Revelation 19:5

  And a voice came out from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all his slaves, and you who fear him, the small and the great.”