εὐλογέω

ἐυλόγω; future εὐλογήσω; imperfect εὐλόγουν and ηὐλόγουν (Mk 10:16, where the manuscripts fluctuate between the two forms (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 162)); 1 aorist εὐλόγησα (ηὐλόγησα, Mt 14:19 L Tr; Lk 24:30 L; Heb 11:20 and 21 L); perfect ἐυλόγηκα (ηὐλόγηκά, Heb 7:6 L; see εὐδοκέω at the beginning (cf. Veitch, under the word; Tdf. on Luke, the passage cited)); passive, perfect participle εὐλογῇ μένος; 1 future ἐυλογηθήσομαι; (εὔλογος); the Sept. very often for בָּרַך and בֵּרֵך; Vulg.benedico; mostly with the accusative of the object, to bless one;
1. as in Greek writings, to praise, celebrate with praises: τόν Θεόν, Lk 1:64; Lk 2:28; Lk 24:51, Lk 24:53 (Tdf. omits); Jas 3:9; absolutely, in the giving of thanks: Mt 14:19; Mt 26:26 (cf. 3 below); Mk 6:41; Mk 8:7 R G T (?); (cf. 3 below); Lk 24:30; 1 Cor 14:16. (When used in this sense εὐλογεῖν differs from εὐχαριστεῖν in referring rather to the form, εὐχαριστεῖν referring to the substance of the thanksgiving.) By a usage purely Biblical and ecclesiastical like the Hebrew בָּרַך,
2. to invoke blessings: τινα, upon one, Mt 5:44 Rec.; Lk 6:28; Rom 12:14; absolutely, 1 Cor 4:12; 1 Pet 3:9; of one taking leave, Lk 24:50f; of one at the point of death, Heb 11:20f (Gen 48:9); in congratulations, Heb 7:1, Heb 7:6f (Gen 14:19); Mk 10:16 R G L; Lk 2:34; εὐλογημένος (בָּרוּך), praised, blessed (cf. εὐλογητός): Mt 21:9; Mt 23:39; Mk 11:9; Lk 13:35; Lk 19:38; Jn 12:13 (in all which passages it is an acclamation borrowed from: Psalm 117:26).
3. with the accusative of a thing, "to consecrate a thing with solemn prayers; to ask God's blessing on a thing, pray him to bless it to one's use, pronounce a consecratory blessing on": ἰχθύδια, Mk 8:7 L Tr WH; τούς ἄρτους, Lk 9:16; τό ποτήριον, 1 Cor 10:16; τήν θυσίαν, 1 Sam 9:13; and perhaps τόν ἄρτον, Mt 26:26; Mk 14:22 (but see above under 1); cf. Rückert, Das Abendmahl, p. 220f.
4. of God, to cause to prosper, to make happy, to bestow blessings on, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32): τινα, Acts 3:26; followed by ἐν with the dative of the blessing, ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογία, with every kind of blessing, Eph 1:3 (ἐν ἀγαθοῖς, Test xii. Patr. (test. Jos. § 18), p. 722 (ἐν εὐλογίαις γῆς, ἐν πρωτογενημασι καρπῶν, test. Isach. § 5, p. 626f)); εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε (after the Hebrew, Gen 22:17; see εἰδῶ, I. 1 a. (for references)), I will bestow on thee the greatest blessings, Heb 6:14; Gal 3:8 Rec.elz bez (see ἐνευλογέω), Gal 3:9; εὐλογημένος favored of God, blessed, Lk 1:42b (cf. Deut 28:4); ἐν γυναιξί, blessed among women, i. e. before all other women, Lk 1:28 R G L Tr text brackets; 42a (cf. Winers Grammar, 246 (231); (Buttmann, 83 (73))); εὐλογημένοι τοῦ πατρός (equivalent to ὑπό τοῦ πατρός, like εὐλογημένοι ὑπό Θεοῦ, Isa 61:9; Isa 65:23; cf. Winers Grammar, 189 (178) and § 30, 4; (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 23)), appointed to eternal salvation by my father, Mt 25:34. (Compare: ἐνευλογέω, κατευλογέω.)