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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 11 verses in 'Gen' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob?[fn] For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:4 - May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11 - Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he urged him, and he took it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had, in house and field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - by the God of your father who will help you,
by the Almighty[fn] who will bless you
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.[fn]
May they be on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:28 - All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.
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