ἐνκωμιάζω
praise, extol
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐνκωμιάζω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 5 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Proverbs 12:8 ἐνκωμιάζω The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision.
- Proverbs 27:2 ἐνκωμιάζω Let your neighbor, and not your own mouth, praise you; a stranger, and not your own lips.
- Proverbs 27:21 ἐνκωμιάζω Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.
- Proverbs 28:4 ἐνκωμιάζω so they that forsake the law praise ungodliness; but they that love the law fortify themselves with a wall.
- Proverbs 29:2 ἐνκωμιάζω When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn.
About this word
About this word
ἐνκωμιάζω (enkōmiázō), “praise, extol,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 5 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
