εὐλογ-ητός G2128
Blessed, worthy of praise; a verbal adjective reserved almost exclusively for God as the object of blessing.
This verbal adjective from εὐλογέω ('to bless') is a term of high liturgical register, used in the New Testament almost exclusively of God or Christ. It appears in doxological formulae — 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ' (2 Cor 1:3; Eph 1:3; 1 Pet 1:3) — and in the high priest's question about whether Jesus is 'the Christ, the Son of the Blessed' (Mark 14:61). Paul's declaration that Christ is 'God over all, blessed forever' (Rom 9:5) presses the term into a Christological claim. Spanish bendito and French béni reflect the same devotional weight, marking the word as belonging to worship rather than casual speech.
Senses
1. blessed — Worthy of blessing and praise, applied as a divine epithet. Unlike the more common μακάριος (blessed in the sense of fortunate), εὐλογητός is reserved for God as the recipient of human praise and adoration. It anchors the great doxologies: 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ' (2 Cor 1:3; Eph 1:3; 1 Pet 1:3), and Paul's theologically charged 'who is over all, God blessed forever' (Rom 9:5). The high priest's phrase 'the Son of the Blessed' (Mark 14:61) uses it as a reverential circumlocution for God himself. Luke 1:68 places it in Zechariah's hymn, linking it to Israel's covenant praise tradition. 8×
AR["المُبَارَكِ", "مُبارَكاً", "مُبارَكٌ", "مُبَارَكٌ"]·ben["ধন্য", "ধন্যের"]·DE["gepriesen", "Εὐλογητὸς"]·EN["Blessed", "Blessed-be", "blessed"]·FR["Béni", "béni"]·heb["בָּרוּךְ", "הַמְבֹרָךְ", "מְבֹרָךְ"]·HI["धन्य", "धन्य-का", "धन्य-है"]·ID["Terpujilah", "Yang-Terpuji", "terpuji", "terpujilah"]·IT["benedetto", "eulogētos"]·jav["Ingkang-Pinuji", "Pinuji", "Pinujia", "binerkahan", "ingkang-pinuji", "pinuji"]·KO["찬송-받을", "찬송받으실", "찬송받으실-자의", "찬송받을-분이다", "찬송하리로다", "찬양-받으소서", "찬양받을-이시니라"]·PT["Bendito", "bendito"]·RU["Благословен", "Благословенного", "благословен", "благословенный"]·ES["Bendito", "bendito"]·SW["Abarikiwe", "Ahimidiwe", "Aliyebarikiwa", "abarikiwe", "mbarikiwa"]·TR["Mubarek-olsun", "Mübarek'in", "kutlu olsun-", "mübarek", "Övgüye-layık", "Övülmüş-olsun"]·urd["مبارک", "مبارک-ہو", "مُبارک"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
εὐλογ-ητός, ή, όν, blessed,LXX+1st c.AD+