εὐλογία
praise
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Every verse where G2129 appears in the Book of James — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
James
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ευλογια (eulogía) is a Greek noun most often rendered “praise.” Ranging over 5 senses, it is not a single-sense word. Spanning 14 verses in 9 books, it ranks among the uncommon words of the Greek New Testament. Scripture first uses it in Romans 15:29. Sharing its root, it stands alongside ευλογεω and ευλογητος. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2129 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 14
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 14 distinct verses.
- 9 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 9 of 27 New Testament books.
- #726
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Greek words (rank 726 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 14 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Revelation 3 verses 21%
- Romans 2 verses 14%
- 2 Corinthians 2 verses 14%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 14 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 7 verses · 50%
- Johannine 3 verses · 21%
- Revelation 3 verses · 21%
- Hebrews 2 verses · 14%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 2 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Blessing 10×
- American Standard Version: Blessing 9×
- Berean Standard Bible: Blessing 9×, Generously 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Blessing 11×, Blessings 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2129 across 14 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2129 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2129 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2129 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 5 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- praise, laudation, panegyric: of Christ or God
- fine discourse, polished language
- an invocation of blessing, benediction
- consecration
- a (concrete) blessing, benefit
Word origin
Derived from ευλογεω (eulogéō) (G2127) — to praise.
From the same as G2127 ; fine speaking that is elegance of language ; commendation (eulogy) that is (reverentially) adoration ; religiously benediction ; by implication consecration ; by extension benefit or largess : - blessing (a matter of) bounty (X -tifully) fair speech.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 5 distinct written forms G2129 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| εὐλογίαν eulogían | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | 2 Corinthians 9:5 | 5 |
| εὐλογία eulogía | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine | Galatians 3:14 | 4 |
| εὐλογίας eulogías | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine | Romans 15:29 | 4 |
| εὐλογίαις eulogíais | Noun, Dative, Plural, Feminine | 2 Corinthians 9:6 | 2 |
| εὐλογίᾳ eulogía | Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine | Ephesians 1:3 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2129, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ευλογια appears 70 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 63 verses in 21 books.
- 70
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 63
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 21 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 21 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 27:12 εὐλογία
- Exodus 32:29 εὐλογία
- Leviticus 25:21 εὐλογία
- Numbers 23:11 εὐλογία
- Deuteronomy 11:26 εὐλογία
- Joshua 9:2 εὐλογία
- Judges 1:15 εὐλογία
- 1 Samuel 25:27 εὐλογία
- 2 Samuel 7:29 εὐλογία
- 2 Kings 5:15 εὐλογία
- 1 Chronicles 5:1 εὐλογία
- 2 Chronicles 20:26 εὐλογία
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2129) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 63. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 27:12 εὐλογία What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
- Genesis 27:35 εὐλογία He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."
- Genesis 27:36 εὐλογία He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"
- Genesis 27:38 εὐλογία Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
- Genesis 27:41 εὐλογία Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
- Genesis 28:4 εὐλογία and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
- Genesis 33:11 εὐλογία Please take the gift that I brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
- Genesis 39:5 εὐλογία It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
- Genesis 49:25 εὐλογία Even by the God of your father, who will help you, By the Almighty, who will bless you, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies below, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
- Genesis 49:26 εὐλογία The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Above the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
- Genesis 49:28 εὐλογία All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
- Exodus 32:29 εὐλογία Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."
- Leviticus 25:21 εὐλογία then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
- Numbers 23:11 εὐλογία Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
- Deuteronomy 11:26 εὐλογία Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:
- Deuteronomy 11:27 εὐλογία the blessing, if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day;
- Deuteronomy 11:29 εὐλογία It shall happen, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
- Deuteronomy 12:15 εὐλογία Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
- Deuteronomy 16:17 εὐλογία every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you.
- Deuteronomy 23:6 εὐλογία You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
- Deuteronomy 28:2 εὐλογία and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:8 εὐλογία Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 30:1 εὐλογία It shall happen, when all these things are come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,
- Deuteronomy 30:19 εὐλογία I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;
- Deuteronomy 33:1 εὐλογία This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- Deuteronomy 33:13 εὐλογία Of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, For the deep that couches beneath,
- Deuteronomy 33:23 εὐλογία Of Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favor, Full with the blessing of Yahweh, Possess you the west and the south.
- Joshua 9:2 εὐλογία that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
- Joshua 15:19 εὐλογία She said, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- Joshua 24:10 εὐλογία but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
- Judges 1:15 εὐλογία She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- 1 Samuel 25:27 εὐλογία Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
- 2 Samuel 7:29 εὐλογία now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
- 2 Kings 5:15 εὐλογία He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
- 2 Kings 18:31 εὐλογία Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat you everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and everyone drink the waters of his own cistern;
- 1 Chronicles 5:1 εὐλογία The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
- 1 Chronicles 5:2 εὐλογία For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
- 2 Chronicles 20:26 εὐλογία On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day.
- Ezra 19:5 εὐλογία
- Ezra 23:2 εὐλογία
- Job 29:13 εὐλογία The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
- Psalms 3:9 εὐλογία
- Psalms 20:4 εὐλογία May He grant you your heart's desire, And fulfill all your counsel.
- Psalms 20:7 εὐλογία Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, But we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- Psalms 23:5 εὐλογία You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
- Psalms 36:26 εὐλογία
- Psalms 83:7 εὐλογία Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- Psalms 108:17 εὐλογία
- Psalms 128:8 εὐλογία
- Psalms 132:3 εὐλογία "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, Nor go up into my bed;
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2129) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.