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Lexicon :: Strong's G3107 - makarios

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μακάριος
Transliteration
makarios (Key)
Pronunciation
mak-ar'-ee-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged form of the poetical makar (meaning the same)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:362,548

Strong’s Definitions

μακάριος makários, mak-ar'-ee-os; a prolonged form of the poetical μάκαρ mákar (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off:—blessed, happy(X -ier).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's G3107 in the following manner: blessed (44x), happy (5x), happier (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's G3107 in the following manner: blessed (44x), happy (5x), happier (1x).
  1. blessed, happy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μακάριος makários, mak-ar'-ee-os; a prolonged form of the poetical μάκαρ mákar (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off:—blessed, happy(X -ier).
STRONGS G3107:
μακάριος, μακαρία, μακάριον (poetic μάκαρ) (from Pindar, Plato down), blessed, happy: joined to names of God, 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15 (cf. μακαρες Θεοί in Homer and Hesiod); ἐλπίς, Titus 2:13; as a predicate, Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:14; ἡγοῦμαι τινα μακάριον, Acts 26:2; μακαραριος ἐν τίνι, James 1:25. In congratulations, the reason why one is to be pronounced blessed is expressed by a noun or by a participle taking the place of the subject, μακάριος etc. (Hebrew פְּ אַשְׁרֵי, Psalm 1:1; Deuteronomy 33:29, etc.) blessed the man, who etc. (Winer's Grammar, 551 (512f)): Matthew 5:3-11; Luke 6:20-22; John 20:29; Revelation 1:3; Revelation 16:15; Revelation 19:9; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 22:14; by the addition to the noun of a participle which takes the place of a predicate, Luke 1:45; Luke 10:23; Luke 11:27; Revelation 14:13; followed by ὅς with a finite verb, Matthew 11:6; Luke 7:23; Luke 14:15; Romans 4:7f; the subject noun intervening, Luke 12:37, 43; Luke 23:29; James 1:12; μακάριοι... ὅτι, Matthew 13:16; Matthew 16:17; Luke 14:14; followed by ἐάν, John 13:17; 1 Corinthians 7:40. (See Schmidt, chapter 187, 7.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
33:29
Psalms
1:1
Matthew
5:3; 5:4; 5:5; 5:6; 5:7; 5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 5:11; 11:6; 13:16; 16:17
Luke
1:45; 6:20; 6:21; 6:22; 7:23; 10:23; 11:27; 12:37; 12:43; 14:14; 14:15; 23:29
John
13:17; 20:29
Acts
20:35; 26:2
Romans
4:7
1 Corinthians
7:40
1 Timothy
1:11; 6:15
Titus
2:13
James
1:12; 1:25
1 Peter
3:14; 4:14
Revelation
1:3; 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3107 matches the Greek μακάριος (makarios),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in 'Luk' in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:45 - “And blessed G3107 is she who believed [fn]that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her [fn]by the [fn]Lord.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20 -

And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say,

“Blessed G3107 are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21 -

Blessed G3107 are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied.

Blessed G3107 are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:22 -

Blessed G3107 are you when men hate you, and exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:23 - “Blessed G3107 is he [fn]who does not take offense at Me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:23 -

And turning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed G3107 are the eyes which see the things you see,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27 -

Now it happened that while [fn]Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed G3107 is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:28 - But He said, “On the contrary, blessed G3107 are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - “Blessed G3107 are those slaves whom the master will find awake when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - “Whether he comes in the [fn]second watch, or even in the [fn]third, and finds them so, blessed G3107 are those slaves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:43 - “Blessed G3107 is that slave whom his [fn]master finds so doing when he comes.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:14 - and you will be blessed G3107, since they [fn]do not have the means to repay you; for it will be repaid to you at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:15 -

But when one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed G3107 is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29 - “For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed G3107 are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’
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