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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 have known that coming unto you -- in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16 - The cup of the blessing that we bless -- is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break -- is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:5 - Necessary, therefore, I thought it to exhort the brethren, that they may go before to you, and may make up before your formerly announced blessing, that this be ready, as a blessing, and not as covetousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:6 - And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:14 - that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:3 - Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in 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 earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:17 - for ye know that also afterwards, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was disapproved of, for a place of reformation he found not, though with tears having sought it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:10 - out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:9 - not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

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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 was slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:13 - and every creature that is in the heaven, and in the earth, and under the earth, and the things that are upon the sea, and the all things in them, heard I saying, 'To Him who is sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb, is the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the might -- to the ages of the ages!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:12 - saying, 'Amen! the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength, are to our God -- to the ages of the ages! Amen!'
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