To praise/bless
εὐλογέωStrong’s G2127eulogeō
Appears in 40 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eulogeō is the Greek word usually translated “blessed”, “blessing” and “do bless”. It appears in 40 verses of the New Testament.
“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;”
Meaning
Usually translated “blessed”, “blessing” and “do bless”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- blessed 15
- blessing 6
- do bless 4
- having blessed 4
- he blessed 4
- we bless 3
- he spoke a blessing 1
- having spoken a blessing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 13
- Matthew 6
- Hebrews 6
- Mark 5
- 1 Corinthians 3
- John 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 21:9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
- Matthew 23:39For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
- Mark 6:41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
Greek dictionary
εὐλογέω eulogeō · to praise/bless
εὐλογέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for בָּרַךְ pi. ;] 1. to speak well of, praise (cl.; LXX Deu.8:10, al.): τ. θεόν, Luk.1:64 2:28 24:51, 53 (αἰνοῦντες, T, WH, mg.), Jas.3:9; absol., to give praise, Mat.14:19 26:26 (see Swete on Mrk.14:22), Mrk.6:41 14:22 (see Swete, in l), Luk.24:30, 1Co.14:16. 2. As in LXX (= בָּרַךְ pi.); …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “blessed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLESS'ED, participle passive
Made happy or prosperous; extolled; pronounced happy.
All definitions and other forms of “blessed”
BLESS'ED, adjective
Happy; prosperous in worldly affairs; enjoying spiritual happiness and the favor of God; enjoying heavenly felicity.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.