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blessed

Meaning of “blessed”

1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:22

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1 Samuel 2:20
¶ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:20 · retained source text

¶ And Eli blessed Elkanah, and his wife, and said, The LORD giue thee seed of this woman, for the loane which is lent to the LORD. And they went vnto their owne home.

1611 marginal noteOr, petition which hee asked, &c.

1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:13 · retained source text

And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said vnto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I haue performed the commandement of the LORD.

1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 23:21 · retained source text

And Saul said, Blessed be yee of the LORD, for yee haue compassion on me.

1 Samuel 25:32
¶ And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:32 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid sayd to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me.

1 Samuel 25:33
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:33 · retained source text

And blessed bee thy aduice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, and from auenging my selfe with mine owne hand.

1 Samuel 25:39
¶ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:39 · retained source text

¶ And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproch from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his seruant from euil: for the LORD hath returned the wickednesse of Nabal vpon his owne head. And Dauid sent, and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

1 Samuel 26:25
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 26:25 · retained source text

Then Saul said to Dauid, Blessed be thou, my sonne Dauid: thou shalt both doe great things, and also shalt still preuaile. So Dauid went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

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