μακάριος makarios

Greek word for “blessed” · Strong’s G3107 · used 50 times in 49 verses

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Meaning

μακάριος, -α, -ον; (collat.

How it is translated

Glosses given for makarios in context, with how often each is used:

• blessed are 21
• blessed 16
• blessed is 9
• blessed is he 1
• fortunate 1
• more blessed 1
• blessed is the 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (9), Luke 6 (3), Luke 12 (3), Luke 11 (2), Luke 14 (2), Romans 4 (2), James 1 (2), Revelation 22 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Matthew 13 (1)

Forms

• μακάριος 14
• Μακάριοι 11
• μακάριοι 11
• Μακάριοί 2
• μακάριός 2
• μακαρία 2
• μακάριοί 2
• μακάριαι 1
• μακάριόν 1
• μακάριον 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with makarios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὀνειδίζω oneidizō “to revile” 3
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 5
• ἕνεκα heneka, ehineken “because of” 3
• λόγος logos “word” 5
• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 4
• μαστός mastos, mazos “breast” 2
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 4
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 5
• κατά kata “according to” 5
• τηρέω tēreō “to keep” 3
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 4
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 4

Key verses

The verses using makarios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:3 — Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Matthew 16:17 — And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
• Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
• Luke 6:22 — Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the…
• 1 Timothy 1:11 — According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
• Titus 2:13 — Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
• James 1:12 — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• James 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed…
• 1 Peter 4:14 — If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your…
• Revelation 14:13 — And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest…
• Revelation 22:14 — Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.