εὐλογία

εὐλογία — eulogía

εὐλογία, εὐλογίας, ἡ (εὔλογος); the Sept. for בְּרָכָה; Vulg.benedictio; as in classical Greek:

1. praise, laudation, panegyric: of God or Christ, Rev 5:12-13; Rev 7:12.

2. fine discourse, polished language: Plato, rep. 3, p. 400 d.; Luc. Lexiph. 1; in a bad sense, language artfully adapted to captivate the hearer, fair speaking, fine speeches: Rom 16:18 (joined with χρηστολογία, the latter relating to the substance, εὐλογία to the expression); plural in Aesop, fab. 229, p. 150 edition Cor. ἐάν σύ εὐλογίας ἐυπορης, ἐγώ῟γε σου οὐ κήδομαι (but why not genitive singular?). By a usage unknown to native Greeks.

3. an invocation of blessings, benediction: Heb 12:17; Jas 3:10, (Genesis 27:35f, 38, others; Sir 3:8 Sir 37:24; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 44); see εὐλογέω, 2.

4. consecration: τό ποτήριον τῆς εὐλογίας, the consecrated cup (for that this is the meaning is evident from the explanatory adjunct ὁ εὐλογοῦμεν, see εὐλογέω 3 (others besides; cf. Meyer edition Heinrici at the passage; Winer's Grammar, 189 (178))), 1Co 10:16.

5. a (concrete) blessing, benefit (Deu 11:26, etc.; Sir 7:32 Sir 39:22, etc.); universally, 1Pe 3:9; of the blessings of Christianity, Rom 15:29; Eph 1:3; ἡ εὐλογία τοῦ Ἀβραάμ the salvation (by the Messiah) promised to Abraham, Gal 3:14; of the continual fertility of the soil granted by God, Heb 6:7 (Lev 25:21; ὑετός εὐλογίας, Eze 34:26; cf. εὐλογεῖν ἀγρόν, Gen 27:27); of the blessing of a collection sent from Christians to their brethren, 2Co 9:5 (of the gifts of men, Gen 33:11; Jdg 1:15; 1Sa 25:27); ἐπ' εὐλογίαις, that blessings may accrue, bountifully (opposed to φειδομένως), 2Co 9:6 (see ἐπί, B. 2 e., p. 234a top).