εὐλογέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for בָּרַךְ pi.;]
1. to speak well of, praise (cl.; LXX De 8:10, al.): τ. θεόν, Lk 1:642:2824:51, 53 (αἰνοῦντες, T, WH, mg.), Ja 3:9; absol., to give praise, Mt 14:1926:26 (v. Swete on Mk 14:22), Mk 6:4114:22 (v. Swete, in l.), Lk 24:30, I Co 14:16.
2. As in LXX (= בָּרַךְ pi.);
(a) to bless, invoke blessings on (Ge 24:60, Nu 23:20, al.): absol., I Co 4:12, I Pe 3:9; c. acc pers., Lk 2:346:2824:50, 51, Ro 12:14, He 7:1, 6, 711:20, 21; εὐλογημένος (= בָּרוּךְ; v. Lft., Notes, 310; DCG, i, 189), blessed, Mt 21:923:39(LXX), Mk 11:9, 10, Lk 13:3519:38(LXX), Jo 12:13; c. acc rei, Mk 8:7, Lk 9:16, I Co 10:16;
(b) with God as subject (Ps 44:3, al.), to bless, prosper, bestow blessings on: c. acc pers., Ac 3:26, Ga 3:9, Eph 1:3 (Lft., Notes, 311), He 6:14; εὐλογημένος, Lk 1:28 (WH, txt., R, txt., omit) ib. 42; εὐλογημένοι τ. πατρός (cf. Is 61:9), Mt 25:34; pass. Ac 3:25 (cf. ἐν-, κατ-ευλογέω).†
SYN.: v.s. αἰνέω, and cf. DCG, i, 189, 211; Cremer, 766