ΜΑΚΑΡ, μακαρ
MAKAR, makar
Sounds Like: mah-KAR
Translations: blessed, happy, fortunate, a blessed one, a happy one
From the root: ΜΑΚΑΡ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is blessed, happy, or fortunate. It implies a state of well-being and divine favor, often used to describe those who are favored by God or are in a state of spiritual prosperity. It can be used to describe individuals or groups.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine, or Neuter (stem form)
Strong’s number: G3107 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:78
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΚΑΡ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΑΚΑΡΑ — blessed, happy, fortunate
- ΜΑΚΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ — blessed, happy, fortunate, a blessed one, a happy one, a fortunate one
- ΜΑΚΑΡΟΣ — of blessed, of happy, of fortunate
- ΜΑΚΑΡΩΝ — (of) blessed, (of) happy, (of) fortunate, (of) the blessed ones, (of) the happy ones
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