eulogia · blessing

What it means

eulogia (εὐλογία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “blessing”.

Also praise, or fine-sounding words.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The good God gives, or a generous gift.
2. The praise given to God.
3. Nice words that deceive.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• blessing ×13
• blessings ×2
• flattery ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×4
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×1
• Hebrews×2
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• Revelation×3

• Romans 15:29

  And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Messiah.

• Romans 16:18

  For such people are not slaves to our Lord the Messiah but to their own belly, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

• 1 Corinthians 10:16

  The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of the Messiah? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of the Messiah?

• 2 Corinthians 9:5

  So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance your previously promised blessing, so that this may be ready in this way: as a blessing and not as greed.

• 2 Corinthians 9:6

  And remember this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows with blessings will also reap with blessings.

• Galatians 3:14

  so that to the nations the blessing of Abraham might come in the Messiah Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

• Ephesians 1:3

  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in the Messiah,

• Hebrews 6:7

  For land that drinks the rain that often falls on it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also cultivated, receives a blessing from God;

• Hebrews 12:17

  For you know that even afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind, although he sought it with tears.

• James 3:10

  From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

• 1 Peter 3:9

  not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

• Revelation 5:12

  saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive the power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

• Revelation 5:13

  And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, I heard saying, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might to the ages of the ages!”

• Revelation 7:12

  saying, “Amen! The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the strength be to our God to the ages of the ages! Amen.”

And 2 more times.