Definition

to applaud

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G134 (αἰνέω);

Word family

• ἐπί epí
• αἰνέω ainéō

How the KJV renders it

• commend
• laud
• praise

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.