μακάριος
makarios
blessed
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "μακάριος" (makarios) is defined as "blessed." It appears 50 times in the Bible, making it a significant term in the New Testament. The word is often used to express a state of happiness, prosperity, or well-being, but its meaning goes beyond a superficial understanding of these concepts. In its various occurrences, "μακάριος" is often used to describe individuals who have received a special favor or status from God. For example, Jesus says that the poor in spirit are "μακάριος" because they will inherit the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:3). This suggests that the word is closely tied to a sense of spiritual well-being and fulfillment. The word is also used to describe the future state of believers, where they will experience eternal happiness and peace (Matthew 5:12, Luke 6:22). The significance of "μακάριος" lies in its emphasis on the idea that true happiness and fulfillment come from a relationship with God. The word highlights the idea that spiritual well-being is not just a future reward, but a present reality that can be experienced by those who have received God's favor.
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Occurrences in Scripture
50 total occurrences across the text
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:5Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:11“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 11:6Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
Matthew 13:16“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
Matthew 16:17Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 24:46Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Luke 1:45Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”
Luke 6:20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours.
Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
Luke 7:23Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
Luke 10:23Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,
Luke 11:27It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
Luke 11:28But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
Luke 12:38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.
Luke 12:43Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
Luke 14:14and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
Luke 14:15When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
Luke 23:29For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’
John 13:17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
Acts 20:35In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 26:2“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,
Romans 4:7“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Romans 4:8Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
Romans 14:22Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.
1 Corinthians 7:40But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
1 Timothy 1:11according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
1 Timothy 6:15which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
Titus 2:13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
John 20:29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”
James 1:12Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
James 1:25But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
1 Peter 3:14But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
Revelation 1:3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.
Revelation 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”
Revelation 16:15“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”
Revelation 19:9He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’ ” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”
Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
Revelation 22:7“Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.