to praise/bless

Greek Verb

εὐλογέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for בָּרַךְ pi;] 1) to speak well of, praise (cl; LXX Deu.8:10, al.): τ. θεόν, Luk.1:64 2:28 24:51, 53 (αἰνοῦντες, T, WH, mg.), Jas.3:9; absol, to give praise, Mat.14:19 26:26 (see Swete on Mrk.14:22), Mrk.6:41 14:22 (see Swete, in l), Luk.24:30, 1Co.14:16. 2) As in LXX (= בָּרַךְ pi.); (a) to bless, invoke blessings on (Gen.24:60, Num.23:20, al.): absol, 1Co.4:12, 1Pe.3:9; with accusative of person(s), Luk.2:34 6:28 24:50-51, Rom.12:14, Heb.7:1, 6-7 11:20-21; εὐλογημένος (= בָּרַךְ; see Lft, Notes, 310; DCG, i, 189), blessed, Mat.21:9 23:39 " (LXX), Mrk.11:9-10, Luk.13:35 19:38 " (LXX), Jhn.12:13; with accusative of thing(s), Mrk.8:7, Luk.9:16, 1Co.10:16; (b) with God as subject (Psa.44:3, al.), to bless, prosper, bestow blessings on: with accusative of person(s), Act.3:26, Gal.3:9, Eph.1:3 (Lft, Notes, 311), Heb.6:14; εὐλογημένος, Luk.1:28 (WH, tit, R, tit, omit) Luk.1:42; εὐλογημένοι τ. πατρός (cf. Isa.61:9), Mat.25:34; pass. Act.3:25 (cf. ἐν, κατ-ευλογέω). SYN.: see: αἰνέω, and cf. DCG, i, 189, 211; Cremer, 766 (AS)

to praise/bless

Greek Verb

εὐλογ-έω, imperfect εὐλόγουν or ηὐλ- [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist εὐλόγησα or ηὐλ[LXX]: infinitive εὐλογῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect εὐλόγηκα [LXX]passive, with future middle εὐλογήσομαι (variant -ηθήσομαι, as always in [LXX+5th c.BC+]: aorist εὐλογήθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect εὐλόγημαι [LXX]:—speak well of, praise, πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+], Isoc.[same places]; deliver a panegyric upon, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with neuter adjective, εὐ. καὶ δίκαια κἄδικα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοὶ εὐλογοῦσί τινα honour him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπαίνοις εὐλογούμενον πέδον [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) of God or men, [LXX+NT]perfect participle passive εὐλογημένος[LXX+NT] II.2) bless, praise a god, [Refs]; σου τὰς δυνάμεις[Refs]; so in [LXX+NT] II.3) also, apparently by a Hebrew euphemism, curse, [LXX]

Greek

Verb

to speak well of, i.e. (religiously) to bless (thank or invoke a benediction upon, prosper); bless, praise; from a compound of g2095 (εὖ) and g3056 (λόγος)