Commend, commendation

To c. is now to approve of, speak well of, and in this sense it is used in AV, as Gn 12'° 'The princes also of Pharaoh s,aw her, and C^ her before Pharaoh' (h'?n RV ' praised ') ; Pr 12' ' A m,an sliall be c"' ace. to his wisilom ' (S'jn) ; Ec 8" ' I C' mirth ' (njp') ; Lk 16' 'the Lord c"^ the unjust steward' (^iraic^w). But in older Eng. 'c' also signilied (1) to i)re.sent a person or thing to another ils worthy of aii|)rovaI (mod. recommend) : thus, Ro IG' ' 1 c.

unto you Phoebe, our sister ' (awlar-niu. * So S" 5", 2 Co 3' 4- 5'- 10iii»i>i< 12") ; 1 Co 8' 'meat c"" us not to God' (ToplaTriiu). In this sense is commendation used, 2C;o S""" [all], 'epistles of c' (2) To entrust, Lk 23" ' Father, into thj' hands I c. my spirit,' and .\c 14^20'- (all TrapaTiBr,^). Cf. Shaks. IJenri/ VIII. V. L 17— ' I love you ; And durst oonmiend a secret to 3'our ear.' J. Hastings.

• On the meaning of this verb see Sanday-lleiullam on Ro 3, where, as in Qt), the meaning is rather ' prove, 'establish.'