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Notes: In some languages flattery is expressed in a descriptive manner, for example, ‘to say that a person is wonderful when he really isn’t.’ Sometimes flattery is expressed idiomatically, for example, ‘to use big words about a small person’ or ‘to call a donkey a man.’

ROM 16:18: RV ROM 16:18 · LV ROM 16:18 · Read together ROM 16:18

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18 because such people are serving their own bellies instead of our master Messiah, and they’re deceiving innocent people with their smooth speech and ‘blessings’.

OET-LV ROM 16:18

18 For/Because the such men unto _the master of _us for_chosen _one /messiah not are _serving, but unto _the of _themselves belly, and by the smooth _speech and blessing, they _are _deceiving the hearts of _the innocent.

Sense 3: to bless, blessing

Semantic entry: 33.470

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Bless, Curse

Definition: to ask God to bestow divine favor on, with the implication that the verbal act itself constitutes a significant benefit

Notes: In a number of languages the closest equivalent of ‘to bless’ is ‘to pray God on behalf of’ or ‘to ask God to do something good for.’

CO1 10:16: RV CO1 10:16 · LV CO1 10:16 · Read together CO1 10:16

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16 When we bless the ‘cup of blessing’, aren’t we sharing the messiah’s blood? When we break the bread, aren’t we sharing the messiah’s body?

OET-LV CO1 10:16

16 The cup of_ the _blessing, that we _are _blessing, not a_fellowship is it of _the blood of _the chosen _one /messiah?
The bread that we _are _breaking, not a_fellowship in _the body of _the chosen _one /messiah is it?

HEB 6:7: RV HEB 6:7 · LV HEB 6:7 · Read together HEB 6:7

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7 The land that soaks in the frequent rains and grows crops suitable for those who are cultivating it, is receiving a blessing from God,

OET-LV HEB 6:7

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: RV CO1 10:16 · LV CO1 10:16 · Read together CO1 10:16

HEB: RV HEB 6:7 · LV HEB 6:7 · Read together HEB 6:7

JAM: RV JAM 3:10 · LV JAM 3:10 · Read together JAM 3:10

PE1: RV PE1 3:9 · LV PE1 3:9 · Read together PE1 3:9

Sense 4: blessing, benefit

Semantic entry: 88.70

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Kindness, Harshness

Definition: (derivative of εὐλογέω [source selector 000002][c] ‘to bless,’ 88.69: ἐνευλογέω / 88.69: εὐλογέω) the content of the act of blessing

Notes: In RV ROM 15:29 · LV ROM 15:29 · Read together ROM 15:29 this blessing is something which Christ has extended to Paul, in other words, a type of special favor granted to Paul by Christ.

ROM 15:29: RV ROM 15:29 · LV ROM 15:29 · Read together ROM 15:29

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29 and I know that when I come, I’ll come bearing Messiah’s full blessing.

OET-LV ROM 15:29

29 And I _have _known that coming to you _all, in the_fullness of_the_blessing of_chosen _one /messiah, I _will _be _coming.

GAL 3:14: RV GAL 3:14 · LV GAL 3:14 · Read together GAL 3:14

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14 He paid the price for us so that the blessing for Avraham would also reach the non-Jews through the messiah Yeshua and we’d all be able to receive the spirit through faith.

OET-LV GAL 3:14

14 in _order _that the blessing the of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) may _become to the pagans in chosen _one /messiah of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), in _order _that we _may _receive the promise of _the spirit through the faith.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 15:29 · LV ROM 15:29 · Read together ROM 15:29

GAL: RV GAL 3:14 · LV GAL 3:14 · Read together GAL 3:14

EPH: RV EPH 1:3 · LV EPH 1:3 · Read together EPH 1:3

HEB: RV HEB 12:17 · LV HEB 12:17 · Read together HEB 12:17

Sense 5: gift, blessing, contribution

Semantic entry: 57.105

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Give

Definition: (derivative of εὐλογέω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to bless,’ 33.470: εὐλογέω / 33.470: εὐλογία / 33.470: κατευλογέω) that which is bestowed or given as a blessing or benefit

CO2 9:5: RV CO2 9:5 · LV CO2 9:5 · Read together CO2 9:5

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5 That’s why I considered it necessary to encourage the brothers to go ahead to you all there so they could prearrange the gift that you’d previously promised so that it would be ready as a blessing and not appear as our greediness.

OET-LV CO2 9:5

5 Therefore necessary I _considered it to _exhort the brothers, in _order _that they _may _go _ahead to you _all and they _may _prearrange the having _previously _promised blessing of _you _all, this ready to _be thus as a_blessing, and not as greediness.

Sense 6: large amount, abundant amount, abundance

Semantic entry: 59.56

Semantic domains: Quantity

Subdomains: Abundance, Excess, Sparing

Definition: (an idiom, literally: on the basis of blessings) a large amount of something, with the implication of blessing or benefit

Notes: In translating RV CO2 9:6 · LV CO2 9:6 · Read together CO2 9:6 it may be necessary to indicate clearly the objects which form the abundance, for example, ‘the one who plants a great deal of grain will reap a very large crop.’

Collocations: ἐπ᾽ εὐλογίαις

CO2 9:6: RV CO2 9:6 · LV CO2 9:6 · Read together CO2 9:6

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6 Also this: the person who plants sparingly will also harvest sparingly, and the person sowing generously will also have a generous harvest.

OET-LV CO2 9:6

6 And this:
the one sowing sparingly, sparingly also will _be _reaping, and the one sowing on blessings, on blessings also will _be _reaping.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εὐλογία

Form 1

Sense 1: to praise, to speak well of

Sense 2: flattery, flattering talk

Sense 3: to bless, blessing

Sense 4: blessing, benefit

Sense 5: gift, blessing, contribution

Sense 6: large amount, abundant amount, abundance