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εὐλογία

MainId: 002141000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G2129

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 002141001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: εὐλογία
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ας
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'λέγω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 002141001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 33.356
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Praise
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-09 10:37:18
    DefinitionShort: to speak of something in favorable terms
    Glosses: ['to praise', 'to speak well of']
  LEXReferences: HEB 6:7, YAC 3:10, REV 5:12, REV 5:13, REV 7:12
2. LEXID: 002141001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 33.366
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Flatter
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-09 10:37:18
    DefinitionShort: excessive praise
    Glosses: ['flattery', 'flattering talk']
    Comments: 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.’
  LEXReferences: ROM 16:18
3. LEXID: 002141001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 33.470
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Bless, Curse
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-09 10:37:18
    DefinitionShort: to ask God to bestow divine favor on, with the implication that the verbal act itself constitutes a significant benefit
    Glosses: ['to bless', 'blessing']
    Comments: 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.’
  LEXReferences: 1COR 10:16, HEB 6:7, YAC 3:10, 1PET 3:9
4. LEXID: 002141001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 88.70
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
  LEXSubDomains: Kindness, Harshness
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-09 10:37:18
    DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:εὐλογέω}[c] ‘to bless,’ {D:88.69}) the content of the act of blessing
    Glosses: ['blessing', 'benefit']
    Comments: In {S:04501502900018} this blessing is something which Christ has extended to Paul, in other words, a type of special favor granted to Paul by Christ.
  LEXReferences: ROM 15:29, GAL 3:14, EPH 1:3, HEB 12:17
5. LEXID: 002141001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 57.105
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange
  LEXSubDomains: Give
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-09 10:37:18
    DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:εὐλογέω}[b] ‘to bless,’ {D:33.470}) that which is bestowed or given as a blessing or benefit
    Glosses: ['gift', 'blessing', 'contribution']
  LEXReferences: 2COR 9:5, 2COR 9:5
6. LEXID: 002141001006000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 59.56
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Quantity
  LEXSubDomains: Abundance, Excess, Sparing
  LEXCollocations: ἐπ᾽ εὐλογίαις
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-07-09 10:37:18
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: on the basis of blessings) a large amount of something, with the implication of blessing or benefit
    Glosses: ['large amount', 'abundant amount', 'abundance']
    Comments: In translating {S:04700900600030} 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.’
  LEXReferences: 2COR 9:6, 2COR 9:6