Strong's Concordance
makarizó: to bless
Original Word: μακαρίζωPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: makarizó
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-ar-id'-zo)
Short Definition: I deem happy
Definition: I bless, pronounce blessed or happy.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 3106 makarízō – pronounce blessed, as the result of enjoying the benefits (privileges) that (literally) extend from God. See 3107 (makarios).
[Note the literal meaning of this term ("long, extended").]
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3106: μακαρίζωμακαρίζω; Attic future
μακαριω (cf.
Buttmann, 37 (32)); (
μακάριος); from
Homer down; the
Sept. for
אֵשֵּׁר;
to pronounce blessed:
τινα,
Luke 1:48;
James 5:11 (here
Vulg.beatifico).
