Quick Definition
μακάριος, α, ον Adj happy, blessed
Strong's Definition
a prolonged form of the poetical makar (meaning the same); supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off
KJV Usage: blessed, happy(X -ier)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -α, -ον | μακαρίζω
25.119 · Attitudes and Emotions · Happy, Glad, Joyful
happy pertaining to being happy, with the implication of enjoying favorable circumstances The passive construction in MAT 5:7 (ἐλεηθήσονται) is generally regarded as a so-called ‘passive of avoidance,’ that is to say, the use of a passive form in order to avoid a direct reference to God.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μακάριος, -a, -ov, (poetic μάκαρ). [ fr. Pind., Plat. down], blessed, happy: joined to names of God, 1 Tim. i. 11; vi. 15 (cf. μάκαρες θεοί in Hom. and Hes.); ἐλπίς, Tit. ii. 13; as a predicate, Acts xx. 35; 1 Pet. iii. 14; iv. 14; ἡγοῦμαί τινα pax. Acts xxvi. 2; μακάρ. ἔν τινι, Jas. i. 25. In congratulations, the reason why one is to be pronounced blessed is expressed by a noun or by a ptep. taking the place of the subject, μακάριος ὁ ete. (Hebr. “3 > WR, Ps. i.1; Deut. xxxiii. 29, ete.) blessed the man, who ete. [W. 551 (512 sq.)]: Mt. v. 3-11; Lk. vi. 2022; Jn. xx. 29; Rev. i. 3; xvi.15; xix.9; xx.6; xxii. 14; by the addition to the noun of a ptep. which takes the place of a predicate, Lk. i. 45; x. 23; xi. 27 sq.; Rev. xiv. 13; foll. by és with a finite verb, Mt. xi. 6; LK. vii. 23; xiv. 15; Ro. iv. 7 sq.; the subject noun intervening, Lk. xii. 37,43; xxiii. 29; Jas.i.12; pax.... ὅτι, Mt. xiii. 16; xvi. 17; Lk. xiv. 14; foll. by ἐάν, Jn. xiii. 17; 1 Co. vii. 40. [See Schmidt ch. 187, 7.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μακάριος makarios 50x
happy, blessed, as a noun it can depict someone who receives divine favor, Mt. 5:3, 4, 5, 7; Lk. 1: 45
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μακάριος, -α, -ον
(collat. form of poët. μάκαρ, in Hom., Hes., chiefly of the gods and the departed), [in LXX for אַשְׁרֵי;]
blessed, happy (DCG, i, 177, 213): θεός (δυνάστης), I Ti 1:11 6:15; ἐλπίς, Tit 2:13; esp. in congratulations, usually with the omission of the copula (M, Pr., 180; B1., § 30, 3), μ. ὁ, Mt 5:3 ff., Lk 6:20 ff., Jo 20:29, Re 1:3, al.; seq. ptcp., Lk 1:45, al.; ὅς, Mt 11:6, Lk 7:23, Ro 4:7, 8; ὅτι, Mt 13:16, al.; ἐάν, Jo 13:17, I Co 7:40; compar., μ. . . . μᾶλλον, Ac 20:35; -ώτερος, I Co 7:40.
SYN.: εὐλογητός, q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μακάριος is used in the LXX for "WN (Ps 1, a/.), ‘Oh, the happi- | nessof. .. !’’, and in Ilebrew thought denotes a state of true well-being : hence Mt 53, a7, In 1 Tim 1, 6%, it is applied to God: with the latter passage cf. Philo de Sacrtfits Abelis et Caini, p. 147 περὶ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀγεννήτου καὶ ἀφθάρτου kal ἀτρέπτου καὶ ἁγίου kal μόνου μακαρίου (cited by White 2GT7 κα 1.), and the passages cited by Dibelius HZNT ad τ. The absence of early exx. of this common prose word is curious, but it is frequent in the New Comedy, and late exx. may be quoted from the papyri, as PSI III. 17615 (v/A.D.) Φλα(ύιος) Μηνᾶς στρατηλατιανὸς vids τοῦ μακαρίου Δωροθέου ὑπέγραψα κτλ., and the Christian P Giss | I. 55° (vi/A.D.) π]αρὰ τοὺ τῆς μ[αἸκαρίας μνήμης Φοιβαδίου τοῦ ἐπισκ[όπου. From the inscrr. we may cite Cagnat IV. 8085 ( Hierapolis) εἰς τὴν εὐτυχῆ καὶ μακαρίαν ὑπατί 5 OGIS 519° (c. A.D. 245) ἐν τοῖς μακαριωτάτοις ὑμῶν καιροῖς, and the Christian sepulchral inscr. from Akhmim (?) of Depedya ἐπὶ μηνὶ ᾿Αθὺρ 8. For Μακαρία as a proper name cf, the Phrygian epitaph cited by Ramsay 2xp 7᾽ xxvi. p- 170 (cf. p. 172)—€rovus τλγ (anno 333 of the Phrygian era = A.D. 247-8) Αὐρήλιος Ppovytavds Μηνοκρίτου kal Aup. ᾿Ιουλιανὴ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ Μακαρίᾳ μητρὶ καὶ ᾿Αλεξανδρίᾳ θυγατρὶ γλυκυτάτῃ ζῶντες κατεσκεύασαν μνήμης χάριν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μακάριος (makarios) — blessed. μᾰκᾰρ-ιος, α, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+], mostly used in Prose, but also in Poets, as [Refs 5th c.BC+],
1. mostly of men, blessed, happy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in phrases such as μ. ὅστις.. νοῦν ἔχει [Refs 4th c.BC+] W.: superlative, [Refs] my good sir, my dear sir, [Refs 5th c.BC+] O happy you for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ μ. σὺ τά τε ἄλλα καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. prosperous, οἱ μ., opposed to οἱ ἐνδεεῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. of the dead, like{μακαρίτης}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. of states, qualities, etc., μ. λέχος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βίος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ μακάριον bliss, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. adverb -ίως [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+]