εὐλογέω,
ἐυλόγω; future
εὐλογήσω; imperfect
εὐλόγουν and
ηὐλόγουν (
Mark 10:16, where the manuscripts fluctuate between the two forms (cf.
WH's Appendix, p. 162)); 1 aorist
εὐλόγησα (
ηὐλόγησα,
Matthew 14:19 L Tr;
Luke 24:30 L;
Hebrews 11:20 and
21 L); perfect
ἐυλόγηκα (
ηὐλόγηκά,
Hebrews 7:6 L; see
εὐδοκέω at the beginning (cf.
Veitch, under the word;
Tdf. on Luke, the passage cited)); passive, perfect participle
εὐλογῇ μένος; 1 future
ἐυλογηθήσομαι; (
εὔλογος); the
Sept. very often for
בָּרַך and
בֵּרֵך;
Vulg.benedico; mostly with the accusative of the object,
to bless one;
1. as in Greek writings,
to praise, celebrate with praises:
τόν Θεόν,
Luke 1:64;
Luke 2:28;
Luke 24:51,
53 (
Tdf. omits);
James 3:9; absolutely, in the giving of thanks:
Matthew 14:19;
Matthew 26:26 (cf. 3 below);
Mark 6:41;
Mark 8:7 R G T (?);
Mark 14:22 (cf. 3 below);
Luke 24:30;
1 Corinthians 14:16. (When used in this sense
εὐλογεῖν differs from
εὐχαριστεῖν in referring rather to the form,
εὐχαριστεῖν referring to the substance of the thanksgiving.) By a usage purely Biblical and ecclesiastical like the Hebrew
בָּרַך,
2. to invoke blessings:
τινα, upon one,
Matthew 5:44 Rec.;
Luke 6:28;
Romans 12:14; absolutely,
1 Corinthians 4:12;
1 Peter 3:9; of one taking leave,
Luke 24:50f; of one at the point of death,
Hebrews 11:20f (
Genesis 48:9); in congratulations,
Hebrews 7:1,
6f (
Genesis 14:19);
Mark 10:16 R G L;
Luke 2:34;
εὐλογημένος (
בָּרוּך), praised, blessed (cf.
εὐλογητός):
Matthew 21:9;
Matthew 23:39;
Mark 11:9;
Luke 13:35;
Luke 19:38;
John 12:13 (in all which passages it is an acclamation borrowed from: Psalm 117:26 (
Ps. 118:26)).
3. with the accusative of a thing, "to consecrate a thing with solemn prayers; to ask God's blessing on a thing, pray him to bless it to one's use, pronounce a consecratory blessing on":
ἰχθύδια,
Mark 8:7 L Tr WH;
τούς ἄρτους,
Luke 9:16;
τό ποτήριον,
1 Corinthians 10:16;
τήν θυσίαν,
1 Samuel 9:13; and perhaps
τόν ἄρτον,
Matthew 26:26;
Mark 14:22 (but see above under 1); cf. Rückert, Das Abendmahl, p. 220f.
4. of God,
to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on, (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 32):
τινα,
Acts 3:26; followed by
ἐν with the dative of the blessing,
ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογία, with every kind of blessing,
Ephesians 1:3 (
ἐν ἀγαθοῖς,
Test xii. Patr. (test. Jos. § 18), p. 722 (
ἐν εὐλογίαις γῆς,
ἐν πρωτογενημασι καρπῶν, test. Isach. § 5, p. 626f));
εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε (after the Hebrew,
Genesis 22:17; see
εἰδῶ, I. 1 a. (for references)), I will bestow on thee the greatest blessings,
Hebrews 6:14;
Galatians 3:8 Rec.elz bez (see
ἐνευλογέω),
Galatians 3:9;
εὐλογημένος favored of God, blessed, Luke 1:42b (cf.
Deuteronomy 28:4);
ἐν γυναιξί, blessed among women, i. e. before all other women,
Luke 1:28 R G L Tr text brackets; 42a (cf.
Winers Grammar, 246 (231); (
Buttmann, 83 (73)));
εὐλογημένοι τοῦ πατρός (equivalent to
ὑπό τοῦ πατρός, like
εὐλογημένοι ὑπό Θεοῦ,
Isaiah 61:9;
Isaiah 65:23; cf.
Winers Grammar, 189 (178) and § 30, 4; (cf.
Buttmann, § 132, 23)), appointed to eternal salvation by my father,
Matthew 25:34. (Compare:
ἐνευλογέω,
κατευλογέω.)
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