εὐλογέω

εὐλογέω, -ῶ

[in LXX chiefly for בָּרַךְ pi. ;]

1. to speak well of, praise (cl.; LXX 5 Mos 8,10, al.): τ. θεόν, Luk 1,64; 2,28; 24,51, 53 (αἰνοῦντες, T, WH, mg.), Jak 3,9 absol., to give praise, Matt 14,19; 26,26 (see Swete on Mark 14,22), Mark 6,41; 14,22 (see Swete, in l), Luk 24,30, 1 Kor 14,16.

2. As in LXX (= בָּרַךְ pi.);

(a) to bless, invoke blessings on (1 Mos 24,60, 4 Mos 23,20, al.): absol., 1 Kor 4,12, 1 Pet 3,9; with accusative of person(s), Luk 2,34; 6,28; 24,50-51, Rom 12,14, Hebr 7,1, 6-7; 11,20-21; εὐλογημένος (= בָּרַךְ; see Lft., Notes, 310; DCG, i, 189), blessed, Matt 21,9; 23,39" (LXX), Mark 11,9-10, Luk 13,35; 19,38" (LXX), Joh 12,13 with accusative of thing(s), Mark 8,7, Luk 9,16, 1 Kor 10,16;

(b) with God as subject (Sl 44,3, al.), to bless, prosper, bestow blessings on: with accusative of person(s), ApG 3,26, Gal 3,9, Ef 1,3 (Lft., Notes, 311), Hebr 6,14 εὐλογημένος, Luk 1,28 (WH, tit., R, tit., omit) Luk 1,42 εὐλογημένοι τ. πατρός (cf. Es 61,9), Matt 25,34; pass. ApG 3,25 (cf. ἐν-, κατ-ευλογέω).†

SYN.: see: αἰνέω, and cf. DCG, i, 189, 211; Cremer, 766