Word study · Greek
makarios
blessed, happy
Say it: mah-KAH-ree-oss (approximate)
μακάριος
What it means
Blessed, fortunate, or happy in the sense of being in a favored position before God. In Luke's version the blessing is given to those who are actually poor, hungry, and weeping (6:20-22), and is paired with warnings to the rich.
Range of meaning
- FortunateWell off, to be congratulated.
- Blessed by GodIn God's favor, whatever things look like now.
- HappyIn ordinary Greek, simply happy or prosperous.
In Luke
- Chapter 6
"Blessed are you who are poor" (6:20-22).
Every verse (14)
- Luke 1:45
- Luke 6:20
- Luke 6:21
- Luke 6:22
- Luke 7:23
- Luke 10:23
- Luke 11:27
- Luke 11:28
- Luke 12:37
- Luke 12:38
- Luke 12:43
- Luke 14:14
- Luke 14:15
- Luke 23:29
Verses where G3107 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources