Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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Bless
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James 3:9
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
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בָּרַךְ
bârak · baw-rak'
116 times translated as this KJV form331 total Strong's occurrences
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
Strong's KJV usage: × abundantly, × altogether, × at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, × greatly, × indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, × still, thank.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 12:2Strong's last: Haggai 2:19
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eulogéō · yoo-log-eh'-o
9 times translated as this KJV form47 total Strong's occurrences
to speak well of, i.e. (religiously) to bless (thank or invoke a benediction upon, prosper)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bless, praise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:44Strong's last: Hebrews 6:14
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<<A Song of degrees.>> Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
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Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
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The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
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Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
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Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
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Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
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Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
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<<David's Psalm of praise.>> I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
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Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
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All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
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My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
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There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
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That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
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And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
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Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
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But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
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Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
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Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
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Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
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And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
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The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
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Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
English meaning and historical usage.
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bless
BLESS, verb transitive preterit tense and participle present tense blessed or blest.
1. To pronounce a wish of happiness to one; to express a wish or desire of happiness.
And Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. Genesis 28:3.
2. To make happy; to make successful; to prosper in temporal concerns; as, we are blest with peace and plenty.
The Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thou doest. Deuteronomy 15:4.
3. To make happy in a future life.
BLESSed are the dead who die in the Lord. Revelation 14:13.
4. To set apart or consecrate to holy purposes; to make and pronounce holy.
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Genesis 2:3
5. To consecrate by prayer; to invoke a blessing upon.
And Jesus took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven he blessed them. Luke 9:16.
6. To praise; to glorify, for benefits received.
BLESS the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me. Psalms 103:1.
7. To praise; to magnify; to extol, for excellencies. Psalms 104:1.
8. To esteem or account happy; with the reciprocal pronoun.
The nations shall bless themselves in him. Jeremiah 4:2.
9. To pronounce a solemn prophetical benediction upon. Genesis 2:37. Deuteronomy 33:11.
10. In this line of Spenser, it may signify to throw, for this is nearly the primary sense.
His sparkling blade about his head he blest.
Johnson supposes the word to signify to wave or brandish, and to have received this sense from the old rite of blessing a field, by directing the hands to all parts of it.
BLESS in Spenser for bliss, may be so written, not for rhyme merely, but because bless and bliss are from the same root.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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