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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Blessing

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

67exact KJV occurrences 54Old Testament 13New Testament 26books containing the word 4mapped Strong's IDs 65occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 7:12

Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where blessing appears.

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ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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GreekG2129
εὐλογία

eulogía · yoo-log-ee'-ah

10 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

fine speaking, i.e. elegance of language; commendation ("eulogy"), i.e. (reverentially) adoration; religiously, benediction; by implication, consecration; by extension, benefit or largess

Strong's KJV usage: :--blessing (a matter of) bounty (X -tifully), fair speech.

Strong's first: Romans 15:29Strong's last: Revelation 7:12

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HebrewH1288
בָּרַךְ

bârak · baw-rak'

2 times translated as this KJV form331 total Strong's occurrences

v

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.

Strong's first: Genesis 22:17Strong's last: Genesis 27:30

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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67 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Deuteronomy 33:7
no direct Strong's tag

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

Deuteronomy 33:16
no direct Strong's tag

And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

Deuteronomy 33:23
H1293

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

Joshua 15:19
H1293

Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

Judges 1:15
H1293

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

1 Samuel 25:27
H1293

And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

2 Samuel 7:29
H1293

Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

2 Kings 5:15
H1293

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

Nehemiah 9:5
H1293

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Nehemiah 13:2
H1293

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Job 29:13
H1293

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Psalms 3:8
H1293

Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

Psalms 24:5
H1293

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Psalms 109:17
H1293

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Psalms 129:8
H1293

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

Psalms 133:3
H1293

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Proverbs 10:22
H1293

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 11:11
H1293

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 11:26
H1293

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Proverbs 24:25
H1293

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Isaiah 19:24
H1293

In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

Isaiah 44:3
H1293

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Isaiah 65:8
H1293

Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

Ezekiel 34:26
H1293

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

Ezekiel 34:26
H1293

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

blessing

BLESS'ING, participle present tense Making happy; wishing happiness to; praising or extolling; consecrating by prayer.

BLESS'ING, noun Benediction; a wish of happiness pronounced; a prayer imploring happiness upon another.

1. A solemn prophetic benediction, in which happiness is desired, invoked or foretold.

This is the blessing wherewith Moses--blessed the children of Israel. Deuteronomy 33:1.

2. Any means of happiness; a gift, benefit or advantage; that which promotes temporal prosperity and welfare, or secures immortal felicity. A just and pious magistrate is a public blessing The divine favor is the greatest blessing

3. Among the Jews, a present; a gift; either because it was attended with kind wishes for the welfare of the giver, or because it was the means of increasing happiness.

Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee. Genesis 33:11.

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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