μακάριος

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), 1 Tim 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, Matt 5,3 ff., Luk 6,20 ff. Joh 20,29, Åb 1,3, al.; before ptcp., Luk 1,45, al.; ὅς, Matt 11,6, Luk 7,23, Rom 4,7-8; ὅτι, Matt 13,16, al.; ἐάν, Joh 13,17, 1 Kor 7,40; compar., μ. . . . μᾶλλον, ApG 20,35 -ώτερος, 1 Kor 7,40

SYN.: εὐλογητός, q.v