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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:29 - And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing G2129 of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own [fn]stomach, and by their smooth and flattering G2129 speech G2129 they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16 - Is not the cup of blessing G2129 which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the [fn]bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:5 - So I regarded it necessary to encourage the brothers that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised blessing G2129, so that the same would be ready as a blessing G2129 and not as a [fn]begrudging obligation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:6 -

Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows with blessing G2129 will also reap with blessing G2129.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:14 - in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing G2129 of Abraham might [fn]come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:3 -

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing G2129 in the heavenly places in Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:7 - For ground that drinks the rain which often [fn]falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing G2129 from God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:17 - For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing G2129, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:10 - From the same mouth come blessing G2129 and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:9 - not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but [fn]giving a blessing instead, for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing G2129.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:12 - saying with a loud voice,

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing G2129.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:13 -

And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying,

“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing G2129 and the honor and the glory and the might forever and ever.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:12 - saying,

“Amen, the blessing G2129 and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the strength, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”

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