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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)
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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 ὁ 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:45 - Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20 - Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21 - Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:22 - Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:23 - Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:23 - Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:27 - As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:28 - He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:43 - It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:14 - and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:15 - When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29 - For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
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