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 speak well of, praise; to give praise; to bless, invoke blessings on; blessed; to bless, prosper, bestow blessings on