STRONGS G3107:
μακάριος,
μακαρία,
μακάριον (poetic
μάκαρ) (from
Pindar,
Plato down),
blessed, happy: joined to names of God,
1 Timothy 1:11;
1 Timothy 6:15 (cf.
μακαρες Θεοί in
Homer and
Hesiod);
ἐλπίς,
Titus 2:13; as a predicate,
Acts 20:35;
1 Peter 3:14;
1 Peter 4:14;
ἡγοῦμαι τινα μακάριον,
Acts 26:2;
μακαραριος ἐν τίνι,
James 1:25. In congratulations, the reason why one is to be pronounced blessed is expressed by a noun or by a participle taking the place of the subject,
μακάριος ὁ etc. (Hebrew
פְּ אַשְׁרֵי,
Psalm 1:1;
Deuteronomy 33:29, etc.) blessed the man, who etc. (
Winer's Grammar, 551 (512f)):
Matthew 5:3-11;
Luke 6:20-22;
John 20:29;
Revelation 1:3;
Revelation 16:15;
Revelation 19:9;
Revelation 20:6;
Revelation 22:14; by the addition to the noun of a participle which takes the place of a predicate,
Luke 1:45;
Luke 10:23;
Luke 11:27;
Revelation 14:13; followed by
ὅς with a finite verb,
Matthew 11:6;
Luke 7:23;
Luke 14:15;
Romans 4:7f; the subject noun intervening,
Luke 12:37,
43;
Luke 23:29;
James 1:12;
μακάριοι...
ὅτι,
Matthew 13:16;
Matthew 16:17;
Luke 14:14; followed by
ἐάν,
John 13:17;
1 Corinthians 7:40. (See
Schmidt, chapter 187, 7.)
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