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Strong's #2129 - εὐλογία
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εὐλογ-ία, ἡ,
I
1. good or fine language, Pl. R. 400d, Luc. Lex. 1.
2. plausibility, ἔχει τινὰ εὐλογίαν Thphr. CP 6.31.1; habet εὐλογίαν Cic. Att. 13.22.4, cf. Romans 16:18; ἡ τοῦ δόγματος εὐ. prob. in Phld. Sign. 27; ἡ εὐ. τῶν πραγμάτων Id. Herc. 1251.8.
II
1. praise, eulogy, Pi. N. 4.5, Th. 2.42; ὑμνῆσαι δι' εὐλογίας E. HF 356 (lyr.); ἄξιος εὐλογίας Ar. Pax 738: pl., Pi. I. 3.3, 6(5).21, Pl. Ax. 365a; good fame, glory, ἀγήραντος εὐ. Simon. 100, cf. Pi. O. 5.24; εὐλογίαν φέρει Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 21.10; ἔχειν εὐ. τινὰ πρός τινα POxy. 65.4 (iii/iv A.D.).
2. esp. praise to God, LXX Si. 50.20(22), Revelation 7:12, OGI 74 (Egypt).
III
1. act of blessing, opp. κατάρα, LXX Genesis 27:12, Ephesians 3:10.
2. blessing called down or bestowed, LXX Proverbs 10:22; .
3. gift, bounty, LXX John 15:19; 2 Kings 5:15, 2 Corinthians 9:5; ὁ σπείρων ἐπ' εὐλογίαις ἐπ' εὐλογίαις καὶ θερίσει bountifully, ib. 6, cf. Ph. 1.129.
εὐλογία , -ας , ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for H1293;]
1. fair speaking, flattering speech: χρηστολογίας καὶ εὐ ., Romans 16:18.
2. praise: of God (as in late Inscr.; LS, s.v.) and Christ, Revelation 5:12-13; Revelation 7:12
3. In LXX and NT: blessing, benediction;
(a) the act of blessing: 1 Corinthians 10:16, Hebrews 12:17, James 3:10;
(b) concrete, a blessing: Romans 15:29, 2 Corinthians 9:5-6, Galatians 3:14, Ephesians 1:3, Hebrews 6:7, 1 Peter 3:9 (cf. Deuteronomy 11:26, Sirach 7:32, al.).†
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With the use of the verb in OGIS 73 (see s.v. εὐλογέω), cf. ib. 74 (from the Thebaid—B.C. 247–221) Θεοῦ εὐλογία · Θεύδοτος Δωρίωνος Ἰουδαῖος σωθεὶς ἐκ πελ (άγ)ους. See also Preisigke 317 Εὐλογία Κυρίου, and from Christian times the vase inscr. ib. 1117 Εὐλογία τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ. The subst. is used as a Christian title of address in P Lond 891.16 (iv/A.D.) (= III. p. 242, Chrest. I. p. 157) a letter to a Bishop—γινώσκει (ν) σε βούλομαι, ὦ ἀγαπητὲ πάτερ, ὅτι ὅτε ἀπήντησα τῷ δουκὶ μετὰ τῆς Εὐλογία [ς σου, ἐ ]δέξατο αὐτήν κτλ. For εὐλογία in the sense of a ";good report"; cf. P Oxy I. 65.4 (iii/iv A.D.) εἰ δὲ ἔχετε εὐλογίαν τινὰ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀνέρχεσθε ἅμα αὐτῷ καὶ λέγετε, ";if you have anything to say in his favour, come with him and tell me"; (Edd.) : cf. Aristeas 161. The adj. is found = ";reasonable,"; ";probable,"; in P Tor I. 1v. 2 (B.C. 117) οὐθενὸς εὐλόγου ἀντεχόμενον : cf. OGIS 504.8 (A.D. 128–9), 669.10 (i/A.D.), and for the adverb P Oxy IV. 718.28 (A.D. 180–192).
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