17 occurrences in 12 translations

'Commended' in the Bible

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Verse ConceptsCommendationPalacesRoyal HousesPraising Specific PeopleImmigrants

"When [the] ear heard and commended me, and [the] eye saw and testified in support of me

Verse ConceptsCommendation

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Verse ConceptsCommendationProverbsPerversionDespising PeopleLife Despisedgays

So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeDesire For DeathDyingLoss Of A Loved One

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesExperience, of lifeEating And DrinkingUnder The SunSunFunStaying Strong During Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSunshineEnjoying Liferelaxing

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Verse ConceptsCommendationNames And Titles For The ChristianLight Of God's PeoplePraising Specific PeopleMan's WisdomLightMoney Management

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man accredited and pointed out and attested to you by God with [the power to perform] miracles and wonders and signs which God worked through Him in your [very] midst, just as you yourselves know—

Verse ConceptsCommunicationLawlessnessPeter, Preacher And TeacherPreaching, Content OfApprovalGod Bearing Witness To ChristSigns Performed By ChristDoing God's WorksSigns And Wonders Of The GospelMiracles

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith [your trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness] is being proclaimed in all the world.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, As Praise And ThanksgivingRomeThankfulnessThanksgiving, OfferedComplimentsStrong Faith In ChristThanking God For PeopleThe Gospel WorldwideThank YouBeing GratefulGrateful HeartSpreading The GospelGiving ThanksThanksadoration

For consider how much diligence this very thing—this grieving as God wills—has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingeagernessPlea Of Innocence

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

Verse ConceptsCommendationApostles, IdentficationFalse Teachers, Examples OfFoolish PeopleRelative GreatnessFalse ApostlesOutward CompulsionPraising Specific PeopleI Am Unimportant

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainFaith, As Basis Of SalvationCommendationExamples Of FaithAtonement, Types OfRighteousness, As FaithWorship, Acceptable AttitudesThe Witness Of GodRighteous By ObedienceSacrificeExcellence

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfFaith, As Basis Of SalvationCommendationExamples Of FaithAscension Of SaintsPleasing GodGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingExploits Of FaithNowhere To Be FoundPeople Who Didn't Dietransition

Bible Theasaurus

Commend (20 instances)
Commended (17 instances)
Recommend (6 instances)
Remember (253 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הלל 
Halal 
Usage: 165

שׁבח 
Shabach 
praise , still , keep it in , glory , triumph , commend
Usage: 11

ἐπαινέω 
Epaineo 
Usage: 5

παρατίθημι 
Paratithemi 
Usage: 15

συνιστάω συνιστάνω συνίστημι 
sunistao 
Usage: 16

συστατικός 
Sustatikos 
Usage: 2

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