3106. makarizó
Strong's Lexicon
makarizó: To call blessed, to pronounce happy, to consider fortunate.

Original Word: μακαρίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: makarizó
Pronunciation: mah-kah-REE-zo
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-ar-id'-zo)
Definition: To call blessed, to pronounce happy, to consider fortunate.
Meaning: I bless, pronounce blessed or happy.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek adjective μακάριος (makarios), meaning "blessed" or "happy."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of being blessed is אֲשֶׁר (ashar), Strong's Hebrew 833, which means "to be happy" or "to be blessed."

Usage: The verb μακαρίζω is used to express the act of declaring someone as blessed or fortunate. It often conveys a sense of recognizing the divine favor or happiness bestowed upon an individual. In the New Testament, it is used to highlight the blessed state of those who experience God's favor or fulfill His will.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of being "blessed" was often associated with prosperity, happiness, and divine favor. The Greek term μακάριος, from which μακαρίζω is derived, was used in both secular and religious contexts to describe a state of well-being and contentment. In the Jewish tradition, being blessed was closely linked to living in accordance with God's commandments and receiving His blessings as a result.

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").]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from makarios
Definition
to bless
NASB Translation
count...blessed (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3106: μακαρίζω

μακαρίζω; 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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
call blessed, count happy.

From makarios; to beatify, i.e. Pronounce (or esteem) fortunate -- call blessed, count happy.

see GREEK makarios

Forms and Transliterations
εμακάρισαν εμακάρισάν εμάκαρισέ μακαριζομεν μακαρίζομεν μακαρίζοντες μακαρίζω μακαριούσί μακαριουσιν μακαριούσιν μακαριοῦσίν μακαρίσαι makariousin makarioûsín makarizomen makarízomen
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 1:48 V-FIA-3P
GRK: τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσίν με πᾶσαι
NAS: generations will count me blessed.
KJV: shall call me blessed.
INT: henceforth will count blessed me all

James 5:11 V-PIA-1P
GRK: ἰδοὺ μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομείναντας
NAS: We count those blessed
KJV: Behold, we count them happy which endure.
INT: Behold we call blessed the [ones] having endured

Strong's Greek 3106
2 Occurrences


μακαριοῦσίν — 1 Occ.
μακαρίζομεν — 1 Occ.

















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