Word Summary
ainesis: praise
Original Word: αἴνεσιςTransliteration: ainesis
Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-nes-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: praise
Meaning: praise
Strong's Concordance
praise.
From aineo; a praising (the act), i.e. (specially) a thank(-offering) -- praise.
see GREEK aineo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 133: αἴνεσιςαἴνεσις,
(εως,
ἡ (
αἰνέω),
praise:
θυσία αἰνέσεως (
הַתּודָד זֶבַח,
Leviticus 7:13),
Hebrews 13:15 a thank-offering, (
A. V. 'sacrifice of praise'), presented to God for some benefit received; see
θυσία, b. (
αἴνεσις often occurs in the
Sept., but not in secular authors.)