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Blessed in Scripture.

Explore blessed in the Bible through the Hebrew 'Ashrei / Barukh' (Blessed, happy, praised) and Greek 'Makarios' (Blessed, happy, fortunate). Discover how every original-language word for Blessed deepens your understanding of Scripture.

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Strong'sWordLanguageDefinitionOccurrences
H835אֶשֶׁרʼesherHebrew

blessed, happy. - happiness - only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy! 1) happiness, blessedness 1a) often used as interjection 1b) blessed are

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H1288בָרַךְbârakHebrew

[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank. - to kneel - by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit) - also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) 1) to bless, kneel 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to kneel 1a2) to bless 1b) (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself 1c) (Piel) to bless 1d) (Pual) to be blessed, be adored 1e) (Hiphil) to cause to kneel 1f) (Hithpael) to bless oneself 2) (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse

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G3107μακάριοςmakáriosGreek

a prolonged form of the poetical (meaning the same) blessed, happy(X -ier). - supremely blest - by extension, fortunate, well off

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