Lexical Summary ainos: praise (noun) Original Word: αἶνοςTransliteration: ainos Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-nos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: praise (noun) Meaning: a praise Strong's Concordance praise. Apparently a prime word; properly, a story, but used in the sense of epainos; praise (of God) -- praise. see GREEK epainos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 136: αἶνοςαἶνος, , ὁ (often used by the Greek poets); 1. a saying, a proverb. 2. praise, laudatory discourse: Matthew 21:16 (Psalm 8:3); Luke 18:43. |