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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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Matthew 13:16
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 13:16 · retained source text

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare.

Matthew 14:19
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
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1611 witness · Matthew 14:19 · retained source text

And hee commanded the multitude to sit downe on the grasse, & tooke the fiue loaues, and the two fishes, and looking vp to heauen, hee blessed, and brake, and gaue the loaues to his Disciples, and the Disciples to the multitude.

Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
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1611 witness · Matthew 16:17 · retained source text

And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Blessed art thou Simon Bar Iona: for flesh and blood hath not reueiled it vnto thee, but my Father which is in heauen.

Matthew 21:9
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
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1611 witness · Matthew 21:9 · retained source text

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid: Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.

Matthew 23:39
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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1611 witness · Matthew 23:39 · retained source text

For I say vnto you, yee shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord.

Matthew 24:46
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 24:46 · retained source text

Blessed is that seruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

Matthew 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
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1611 witness · Matthew 25:34 · retained source text

Then shall the King say vnto them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 26:26
¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
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1611 witness · Matthew 26:26 · retained source text

¶ And as they were eating, Iesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gaue it to the Disciples, and said, Take, eate, this is my body.

1611 marginal noteMany Greeke copies haue, gaue thanks.

1611 marginal note1.Cor. 11.24.

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