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Lexicon :: Strong's G2129 - eulogia

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εὐλογία
Transliteration
eulogia (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo-log-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as εὐλογέω (G2127)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:754,275

Strong’s Definitions

εὐλογία eulogía, yoo-log-ee'-ah; from the same as G2127; fine speaking, i.e. elegance of language; commendation ("eulogy"), i.e. (reverentially) adoration; religiously, benediction; by implication, consecration; by extension, benefit or largess:—blessing (a matter of) bounty (X -tifully), fair speech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G2129 in the following manner: blessing (11x), bounty (2x), bountifully (with G1909) (2x), fair speech (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G2129 in the following manner: blessing (11x), bounty (2x), bountifully (with G1909) (2x), fair speech (1x).

  1. praise, laudation, panegyric: of Christ or God

  2. fine discourse, polished language

    1. in a bad sense, language artfully adapted to captivate the hearer: fair speaking, fine speeches

  3. an invocation of blessing, benediction

  4. consecration

  5. a (concrete) blessing, benefit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εὐλογία eulogía, yoo-log-ee'-ah; from the same as G2127; fine speaking, i.e. elegance of language; commendation ("eulogy"), i.e. (reverentially) adoration; religiously, benediction; by implication, consecration; by extension, benefit or largess:—blessing (a matter of) bounty (X -tifully), fair speech.
STRONGS G2129:
εὐλογία, -ας, ἡ, (εὔλογος); Sept. for בְּרָכָה; Vulg. benedictio; as in classical Greek:
1. praise, laudation, panegyric: of God or Christ, Revelation 5:12, 13; Revelation 7:12.
2. fine discourse, polished language: Plato, rep. 3, p. 400 d.; Luc. Lexiph. 1; in a bad sense, language artfully adapted to captivate the hearer, fair speaking, fine speeches: Romans 16:18 (joined with χρηστολογία, the latter relating to the substance, εὐλογία to the expression); plural in Aesop, fab. 229, p. 150 edition Cor. ἐὰν σὺ εὐλογίας ἐυπορῇς, ἔγωγέ σου οὐ κήδομαι, [but why not genitive singular?]. By a usage unknown to native Greeks.
3. an invocation of blessings, benediction: Hebrews 12:17; James 3:10, (Genesis 27:35f, 38, others; Sir. 3:8; Sir. 37:24; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 44); see εὐλογέω, 2.
4. consecration: τὸ ποτήριον τῆς εὐλογίας, the consecrated cup (for that this is the meaning is evident from the explanatory adjunct ὃ εὐλογοῦμεν, see εὐλογέω 3 [others besides; cf. Meyer edition Heinrici at the passage; Winer's Grammar, 189 (178)]), 1 Corinthians 10:16.
5. a (concrete) blessing, benefit, (Deuteronomy 11:26, etc.; Sir. 7:32; Sir. 39:22, etc.); universally, 1 Peter 3:9; of the blessings of Christianity, Romans 15:29; Ephesians 1:3; ἡ εὐλογία τοῦ Ἀβρ. the salvation (by the Messiah) promised to Abraham, Galatians 3:14; of the continual fertility of the soil granted by God, Hebrews 6:7 (Leviticus 25:21; ὑετὸς εὐλογίας, Ezekiel 34:26; cf. εὐλογεῖν ἀγρόν, Genesis 27:27); of the blessing of a collection sent from Christians to their brethren, 2 Corinthians 9:5 (of the gifts of men, Genesis 33:11; Judges 1:15; 1 Samuel 25:27); ἐπ’ εὐλογίαις, that blessings may accrue, bountifully (opposed to φειδομένως), 2 Corinthians 9:6 (see ἐπί, B. 2 e., p. 234a top).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
27:27; 27:35; 27:38; 33:11
Leviticus
25:21
Deuteronomy
11:26
Judges
1:15
1 Samuel
25:27
Ezekiel
34:26
Romans
15:29; 16:18
1 Corinthians
10:16
2 Corinthians
9:5; 9:6
Galatians
3:14
Ephesians
1:3
Hebrews
6:7; 12:17
James
3:10
1 Peter
3:9
Revelation
5:12; 5:13; 7:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2129 matches the Greek εὐλογία (eulogia),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:29 - And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:5 - I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:6 - But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:14 - that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:7 - For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:17 - For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought it diligently with tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:10 - out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:9 - not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:12 - saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:13 - And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:12 - saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
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