3107. makarios

Strong's Lexicon

makarios: Blessed, happy, fortunate

Original Word: μακάριος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: makarios
Pronunciation: mah-KAH-ree-os
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-ar'-ee-os)
Definition: Blessed, happy, fortunate
Meaning: happy, blessed, to be envied.

Word Origin: Derived from the root μάκαρ (makar), meaning "blessed" or "happy."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H835 (אשרי - 'esher): Often translated as "blessed" or "happy," used in contexts like Psalm 1:1, "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked."

Usage: In the New Testament, "makarios" is used to describe a state of spiritual well-being and prosperity. It denotes a deep, abiding joy and contentment that comes from a right relationship with God. This term is often used to describe those who are favored by God and who experience His grace and favor in their lives.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, "makarios" was often associated with the gods or the dead, who were considered to be in a state of bliss. However, in the biblical context, it is used to describe the blessedness of those who live in accordance with God's will. The term reflects a counter-cultural understanding of happiness, one that is not dependent on external circumstances but on one's spiritual condition and relationship with God.

HELPS Word-studies

3107 makários (from mak-, "become long, large") – properly, when God extends His benefits (the advantages He confers); blessed.

3107 /makários ("blessed") describes a believer in enviable ("fortunate") position from receiving God's provisions (favor) – which (literally) extend ("make long, large") His grace (benefits). This happens with receiving (obeying) the Lord's inbirthings of faith. Hence, faith (4102 /pístis) and 3107 (makários) are closely associated (Ro 4:5-7,14:22,23; Rev 14:12,13).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from makar (happy)
Definition
blessed, happy
NASB Translation
blessed (1), blessed (46), fortunate (1), happier (1), happy (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3107: μακάριος

μακάριος, μακαρία, μακάριον (poetic μάκαρ) (from Pindar, Plato down), blessed, happy: joined to names of God, 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:15 (cf. μακαρες Θεοί in Homer and Hesiod); ἐλπίς, Titus 2:13; as a predicate, Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:14; ἡγοῦμαι τινα μακάριον, Acts 26:2; μακαραριος ἐν τίνι, James 1:25. In congratulations, the reason why one is to be pronounced blessed is expressed by a noun or by a participle taking the place of the subject, μακάριος ὁ etc. (Hebrew פְּ אַשְׁרֵי, Psalm 1:1; Deuteronomy 33:29, etc.) blessed the man, who etc. (Winer's Grammar, 551 (512f)): Matthew 5:3-11; Luke 6:20-22; John 20:29; Revelation 1:3; Revelation 16:15; Revelation 19:9; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 22:14; by the addition to the noun of a participle which takes the place of a predicate, Luke 1:45; Luke 10:23; Luke 11:27; Revelation 14:13; followed by ὅς with a finite verb, Matthew 11:6; Luke 7:23; Luke 14:15; Romans 4:7f; the subject noun intervening, Luke 12:37, 43; Luke 23:29; James 1:12; μακάριοι ... ὅτι, Matthew 13:16; Matthew 16:17; Luke 14:14; followed by ἐάν, John 13:17; 1 Corinthians 7:40. (See Schmidt, chapter 187, 7.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

blessed, happy.

A prolonged form of the poetical makar (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off -- blessed, happy(X -ier).

Forms and Transliterations

μαάριοί μακαρια μακαρία Μακαριαι Μακάριαι μακαριαν μακαρίαν ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΙ μακάριοι μακάριοί μακαριον μακάριον Μακάριόν Μακαριος Μακάριος μακάριός μακαριου μακαρίου μακαρίους μακαριωτερα μακαριωτέρα makaria makaría Makariai Makáriai makarian makarían MAKARIOI makárioi makárioí makarion makárion Makárión Makarios Makários makáriós makariotera makariotéra makariōtera makariōtéra makariou makaríou

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 5:3 Adj-NMP
GRK: ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΙ οἱ πτωχοὶ
NAS: Blessed are the poor in spirit,
KJV: Blessed [are] the poor in spirit:
INT: Blessed [are] the poor

Matthew 5:4 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες
NAS: Blessed are those who mourn,
KJV: Blessed [are] they that mourn: for
INT: Blessed they who mourn

Matthew 5:5 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ πραεῖς
NAS: Blessed are the gentle,
KJV: Blessed [are] the meek: for
INT: Blessed the meek

Matthew 5:6 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες
NAS: Blessed are those who hunger
KJV: Blessed [are] they which do hunger
INT: Blessed they who hunger

Matthew 5:7 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ ἐλεήμονες
NAS: Blessed are the merciful,
KJV: Blessed [are] the merciful: for
INT: Blessed the merciful

Matthew 5:8 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ καθαροὶ
NAS: Blessed are the pure in heart,
KJV: Blessed [are] the pure in heart:
INT: Blessed the pure

Matthew 5:9 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί
NAS: Blessed are the peacemakers,
KJV: Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for
INT: Blessed the peacemakers

Matthew 5:10 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ δεδιωγμένοι
NAS: Blessed are those
KJV: Blessed [are] they which are persecuted
INT: Blessed they who have been persecuted

Matthew 5:11 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοί ἐστε ὅταν
NAS: Blessed are you when [people] insult
KJV: Blessed are ye, when
INT: Blessed are you when

Matthew 11:6 Adj-NMS
GRK: καὶ μακάριός ἐστιν ὃς
NAS: And blessed is he who
KJV: And blessed is [he], whosoever
INT: And blessed is he who

Matthew 13:16 Adj-NMP
GRK: ὑμῶν δὲ μακάριοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ
NAS: But blessed are your eyes, because
KJV: But blessed [are] your eyes,
INT: of you moreover blessed [are] the eyes

Matthew 16:17 Adj-NMS
GRK: εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μακάριος εἶ Σίμων
NAS: said to him, Blessed are you, Simon
KJV: unto him, Blessed art thou,
INT: said to him Blessed are you Simon

Matthew 24:46 Adj-NMS
GRK: μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος
NAS: Blessed is that slave whom
KJV: Blessed [is] that servant,
INT: Blessed [is] the servant

Luke 1:45 Adj-NFS
GRK: καὶ μακαρία ἡ πιστεύσασα
NAS: And blessed [is] she who believed
KJV: And blessed [is] she that believed:
INT: and blessed [is] the [one] having believed

Luke 6:20 Adj-NMP
GRK: αὐτοῦ ἔλεγεν Μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοί
NAS: He [began] to say, Blessed [are] you [who are] poor,
KJV: and said, Blessed [be ye] poor:
INT: of him said Blessed [are] the poor

Luke 6:21 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες
NAS: Blessed [are] you who hunger now,
KJV: Blessed [are ye] that hunger now:
INT: Blessed [you] who hunger

Luke 6:21 Adj-NMP
GRK: ὅτι χορτασθήσεσθε μακάριοι οἱ κλαίοντες
NAS: for you shall be satisfied. Blessed [are] you who weep
KJV: ye shall be filled. Blessed [are ye] that weep
INT: for you will be filled Blessed [you] who weep

Luke 6:22 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοί ἐστε ὅταν
NAS: Blessed are you when men
KJV: Blessed are ye, when
INT: Blessed are you when

Luke 7:23 Adj-NMS
GRK: καὶ μακάριός ἐστιν ὃς
NAS: Blessed is he who does not take
KJV: And blessed is [he], whosoever
INT: and blessed is who

Luke 10:23 Adj-NMP
GRK: ἰδίαν εἶπεν Μακάριοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ
NAS: privately, Blessed [are] the eyes
KJV: privately, Blessed [are] the eyes
INT: private he said Blessed [are] the eyes

Luke 11:27 Adj-NFS
GRK: εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μακαρία ἡ κοιλία
NAS: and said to Him, Blessed is the womb
KJV: unto him, Blessed [is] the womb
INT: said to him Blessed the womb

Luke 11:28 Adj-NMP
GRK: εἶπεν Μενοῦν μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες
NAS: On the contrary, blessed are those
KJV: Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear
INT: said Yes rather blessed they who hear

Luke 12:37 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ δοῦλοι
NAS: Blessed are those slaves
KJV: Blessed [are] those servants,
INT: Blessed [are] the servants

Luke 12:38 Adj-NMP
GRK: εὕρῃ οὕτως μακάριοί εἰσιν ἐκεῖνοι
NAS: [them] so, blessed are those
KJV: find [them] so, blessed are those
INT: finds [them] thus blessed are those

Luke 12:43 Adj-NMS
GRK: μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος
NAS: Blessed is that slave whom
KJV: Blessed [is] that servant,
INT: Blessed [is] the servant

Strong's Greek 3107
50 Occurrences

μακαρία — 2 Occ.
Μακάριαι — 1 Occ.
μακαρίαν — 1 Occ.
μακαριωτέρα — 1 Occ.
ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΙ — 26 Occ.
Μακάριόν — 2 Occ.
μακάριός — 16 Occ.
μακαρίου — 1 Occ.