Commend
King James Dictionary [1]
1. To represent as worthy of notice, regard, or kindness to speak in favor of to recommend.
I commend to you Phebe our sister. Romans 16 .
2. To commit to entrust or give in charge.
Father, into hy hands I commend my spirit. Luke 23 .
3. To praise to mention with approbation.
The princes commended Sarai before Pharaoh. The Lord commended the unjust steward.
4. To make acceptable or more acceptable.
But meat commendeth us not to God. 1 Corinthians 8 .
5. To produce or present to favorable notice.
The chorus had an occasion of commending their voices to the king.
6. To send or bear to.
These draw the chariot which Latinus sends,
And the rich present to the prince commends.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (v. t.) To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
(2): (n.) Compliments; greetings.
(3): (n.) Commendation; praise.
(4): (v. t.) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.
(5): (v. t.) To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.
(6): (v. t.) To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
kō̇ - mend ´:
(1) For παρατίθημι , paratı́thēmi ( Luke 23:46 ), translating the Hebrew pāḳadh ( Psalm 31:5 ), in the dying words of Jesus: "Into thy hands I commend my Spirit." the King James Version in Psalms has the more general word "commit." The use of the Greek word in the sense of "deposit what belongs to one into the hands of another" is not uncommon in the classics. So also the derivatives parathḗkē ( 2 Timothy 1:12 ) and parakatathḗkē ( 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:14 ). See Deposit . This sense of the English, while slightly archaic, corresponds to the first meaning of the Latin, whence it comes, "to commit for preservation," especially of the dying; to commend children, parents, etc., to the care of others (for examples, see Harper's Latin Dictionary ).
(2) For συνίστημι , sunı́stēmi , "to stand together," and then, by standing together, to establish, prove, exhibit, as "righteousness" and "love of God" ( Romans 3:5; Romans 5:8 ), and Thus to attest ( 2 Corinthians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 4:2 ), and, finally, to certify or to recommend a stranger ( Romans 16:1; 2 Corinthians 6:4 ). The use of parı́stēmi in 1 Corinthians 8:8 is equivalent.
(3) "To praise," ἐπαινέω , epainéō ( Luke 16:8 ), and sunistemi in 2 Corinthians 10:12 , 2 Corinthians 10:18; for the Old Testament, Hebrew hillēl , in Genesis 12:15 the King James Version; Proverbs 12:8 .
