noun · masculine
makarismos
Greekμακαρισμός (makarismos)
Strong’sG3108
regarding as happy, blessed, or enviable
stem makarism-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* μακαρισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(μακαρίζω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3108 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmak-ar-is-mos'
beatification, i.e. attribution of good fortune
Fromfrom G3106;
King Jamesblessedness.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | makarismos2×μακαρισμὸς | makarismois |
| object accusative | makarismon1×μακαρισμὸν | makarismoin |
| direct address vocative | makarismor | makarismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | makarismou | makarismoiu |
| to, for dative | makarismo | makarismoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
makarismo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
makarismos“blessing”subjectnominative singular2×
Romans 4:9“blessing”Tos makarismos oun houtos epi tan peritoman ē kai epi tan akrobustian? leganō gar; Logizita to Abraam tas pistias eis dikaiosunan.Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
Galatians 4:15“blessing”pou oun tos makarismos vu? marturamō gar vi hoti ei dunatem toin ofthalmoin vu exorussaratois dōava mi.What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
makarismon“blessing”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 4:6“blessing”kathaper kai David legatō ton makarismon tou anthrōpou ho tos theos logizetō dikaiosunan chōris ergeiu;And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: