μακάριος, -α, -ον (collat. form of poët. μάκαρ, in Hom, Hes, chiefly of the gods and the departed), [in LXX for אֹשֶׁר;]
blessed, happy (
DCG, i, 177, 213): θεός (δυνάστης), 1Ti.1:11 6:15; ἐλπίς, Tit.2:13; esp. in congratulations, usually with the omission of the copula (M,
Pr., 180; B1, § 30, 3), μ. ὁ, Mat.5:3 ff, Luk.6:20 ff. Jhn.20:29, Rev.1:3, al; before ptcp, Luk.1:45, al; ὅς, Mat.11:6, Luk.7:23, Rom.4:7-8; ὅτι, Mat.13:16, al; ἐάν, Jhn.13:17, 1Co.7:40; compar, μ. μᾶλλον, Act.20:35; -ώτερος, 1Co.7:40
SYN.: εὐλογητός, q.v (
AS)