Definition:
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)
Definition:
μᾰκᾰρ-ιος, α, ον, also ος, ον [
Refs 5th c.BC+], mostly used in Prose, but also in Poets, as [
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1) mostly of men,
blessed, happy, [
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superlative, [
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my good sir, my dear sir, [
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O happy you for, [
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2)
prosperous, οἱ μ, opposed to οἱ ἐνδεεῖς, [
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3) of the dead, like{μακαρίτης}, [
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II) of states, qualities, etc, μ. λέχος [
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bliss, [
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III)
adverb -ίως [
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superlative -ώτατα [
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Definition:
supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off; blessed, happy(X -ier); a prolonged form of the poetical (meaning the same);