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Strong's #3107 - μακάριος
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μᾰκᾰρ-ιος, α, ον, also ος, ον Pl. Lg. 803c: collat. form. of μάκαρ, mostly used in Prose, but also in Poets, as Pi., and freq. in E.,
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1. mostly of men, blessed, happy, Pi. P. 5.46, E. Or. 86, etc.; σοφοί τε καὶ μ. ἄνδρες Pl. R. 335e; μ. τε καὶ εὐδαίμων ib. 354a: distd. from εὐδαίμων by Arist. EN 1101a7, 19: freq. in phrases such as μ. ὅστις.. νοῦν ἔχει Men. 114, cf. Mon. 357, 614, Phld. Ir. p.3 W.: Sup., Id. Piet. 104: in addresses, ὦ μακάριε my good sir, my dear sir, Pl. Prt. 309c, R. 432d, Men. Pk. 219: c. gen., ὦ μ. τῆς τύχης O happy you for.., Ar. Eq. 186, cf. V. 1512, Pl. Euthd. 303c; ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος Ar. V. 1292; ὦ μ. σὺ τά τε ἄλλα καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅτι.. X. Cyr. 8.3.39.
2. prosperous, οἱ μ., opp. οἱ ἐνδεεῖς, Arist. EN 1157b21, al.; κινδυνεύω σοι δοκεῖν μ. τις εἶναι Pl. Men. 71a; τοὺς μ. καλουμένους ὁρῶ πονοῦντας ἡμῖν ἐμφερῆ Men. Kith.Fr. 1.6; μακαριωτάτην.. πόλιν Καπύην Plb. 3.91.6; ἐπιγονή SIG 695.48 (Magn.Mae., ii B.C.).
3. of the dead, like μακαρίτης, Pl. Lg. 947e, cf. Ar. Fr. 488.9; μακαρίας μνήμης BCH 25.89 (Bithynia), Sammelb. 4753.2, etc.
II of states, qualities, etc., μ. λέχος E. Or. 1208; - ωτέρα πόλις Id. Tr. 365; - ώταται τύχαι ib. 328 (lyr.); βίος Cratin. 238, cf. Pl. R. 561d; τοῖς θεοῖς ἅπας ὁ βίος μ. Arist. EN 1178b26; μ. διάθεσις Phld. Mort. 18; μ. ἐστιν ἡ τραγῳδία ποίημα Antiph. 191.1; τὸ μακάριον bliss, Arist. EN 1099 b2.
III Adv. - ίως E. Hel. 909, Ar. Pl. 629, Arist. Pol. 1324a24, etc.: Sup. - ώτατα Pl. Lg. 733e.
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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μακάριος , -α , -ον
(collat. form of poët. μάκαρ , in Hom., Hes., chiefly of the gods and the departed),
[in LXX for H837;]
blessed, happy (DCG, i, 177, 213): θεός (δυνάστης ), 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15; ἐλπίς , Titus 2:13; esp. in congratulations, usually with the omission of the copula (M, Pr., 180; B1., § 30, 3), μ . ὁ , Matthew 5:3 ff., Luke 6:20 ff. John 20:29, Revelation 1:3, al.; seq. ptcp., Luke 1:45, al.; ὅς , Matthew 11:6, Luke 7:23, Romans 4:7-8; ὅτι , Matthew 13:16, al.; ἐάν , John 13:17, 1 Corinthians 7:40; compar., μ . . . . μᾶλλον , Acts 20:35; -ώτερος , 1 Corinthians 7:40.
SYN.: εὐλογητός G2128, q.v.
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μακάριος is used in the LXX for אַשִׁרֵי (Psalms 1:1, al.), ";Oh, the happiness of . . .!";, and in Hebrew thought denotes a state of true well-being : hence Matthew 5:3, al. In 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15, it is applied to God : with the latter passage cf. Philo de Sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, p. 147 περὶ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀγεννήτου καὶ ἀφθάρτου καὶ ἀτρέπτου καὶ ἁγίου καὶ μόνου μακαρίου (cited by White EGT ad l.), and the passages cited by Dibelius HZNT ad 1.11. The absence of early exx. of this common prose word is curious, but it is frequent in the New Comedy, and late exx. may be quoted from the papyri, as PSI III. 176.16 (v/A.D.) Φλα (ύιος) Μηνᾶς στρατηλατιανὸς υἱὸς τοῦ μακαρίου Δωροθέου ὑπέγραψα κτλ., and the Christian P Giss I. 55.6 (vi/A.D.) π ]αρὰ του ̣ͅ τῆς μ ̣[α ]καρίας μνη ̣μη ̣ς Φοιβαδίου ̣ τοῦ ἐπισκ [όπου. From the inscrr. we may cite Cagnat IV. 808.5 ( Hierapolis) εἰς τήν εὐτυχῆ καὶ μακαρίαν ὑπατ [ , OG1S 519.9 (c. A.D. 245) ἐν τοῖς μακαριωτάτοις ὑμῶν καιροῖς, and the Christian sepulchral inscr. from Akhmim (?) of Byzantine times, Preisigke 1442 ἐτελεύ <τη >σεν ἡ μακαρία Σεμεῦγα ἐπὶ μηνὶ Ἁθὺρ ι ̄θ ̄. For Μακαρία as a proper name cf. the Phrygian epitaph cited by Ramsay Exp T xxvi. p. 170 (cf. p. 172)—ἔτους τ ̄λ ̄γ ̄ (anno 333 of the Phrygian era =A.D. 247–8) Αὐρήλιος Φρουγιανὸς Μηνοκρίτου καὶ Αὐρ. Ἰουλιανὴ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ Μακαρίᾳ μητρὶ καὶ Ἀλεξανδρίᾳ θυγατρὶ γλυκυτάτῃ ζῶντες κατεσκεύασαν μνήμης χάριν.
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