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), 1Ti.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, Mat.5:3 ff. Luk.6:20 ff. Jhn.20:29, Rev.1:3, al.; before ptcp. Luk.1:45, al.; ὅς, Mat.11:6, Luk.7:23, Rom.4:7-8; ὅτι, Mat.13:16, al.; ἐάν, Jhn.13:17, 1Co.7:40; compar. μ. . . . μᾶλλον, Act.20:35; -ώτερος, 1Co.7:40

SYN.: εὐλογητός, q.v (AS)

blessed; happy