- Original: εὐλογέω
- Transliteration: Eulogeo
- Phonetic: yoo-log-eh'-o
- Definition:
1. to praise, celebrate with praises
2. to invoke blessings
3. to consecrate a thing with solemn prayers
a. to ask God's blessing on a thing
b. pray God to bless it to one's use
c. pronounce a consecratory blessing on
4. of God
a. to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on
b. favoured of God, blessed
- Origin: from a compound of G2095 and G3056
- TDNT entry: 14:34,3
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: From a compound of G2095 and G3056 ; to speak well of that is (religiously) to bless (thank or invoke a benediction upon prosper): - bless praise.
Total KJV Occurrences: 39
• bless, 8
Act 3:26; Romans 12:14(2); 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 14:16; Hebrews 6:14; Jam 3:9
• blessed, 27
Mat 14:19; Mat 21:9; Mat 26:26; Mar 6:41; Mar 8:7; Mar 10:16; Mar 11:9; Mar 11:10; Mar 14:22; Luke 1:28; Luke 1:42(2); Luke 2:28; Luke 2:34; Luke 9:16; Luke 19:38; Luke 24:30; Luke 24:50; Luke 24:51; Joh 12:13; Galatians 3:9; Eph 1:3; Hebrews 7:1; Hebrews 7:6; Hebrews 7:7; Hebrews 11:20; Hebrews 11:21
• blessing, 3
Luke 24:53; Hebrews 6:14; 1 Peter 3:9
• praised, 1
Luke 1:64