2127

2127 εὐλογέω eulogeo [yoo-log-eh’-o] from a compound of 2095 done and 3056 word; v; TDNT-2:754,275; [{ See TDNT 271 }] AV-bless 43, praise 1; 44

1) to praise, celebrate with praises

2) to invoke blessings

3) to consecrate a thing with solemn prayers

3a) to ask God’s blessing on a thing

3b) pray God to bless it to one’s use

3c) pronounce a consecratory blessing on

4) of God

4a) to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on

4b) favoured of God, blessed

• Distinguished from the verb makaeizo, adj makarios, or noun makarismos, meaning to "count as happy".