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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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2 Chronicles 31:10
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 31:10 · retained source text

And Azariah the chiefe priest of the house of Zadok, answered him & said: Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, wee haue had enough to eate, and haue left plentie: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left, is this great store.

Ezra 7:27
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:
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1611 witness · Ezra 7:27 · retained source text

¶ Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this, in the kings heart, to beautifie the house of the LORD which is in Ierusalem:

Nehemiah 8:6
And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 8:6 · retained source text

And Ezra blessed the LORD the great God: and al the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD, with their faces to the ground.

Nehemiah 9:5
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.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:5 · retained source text

Then the Leuites, Ieshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, sayde, Stand vp, and blesse the LORD your God for euer and euer, and blessed bee thy glorious Name, which is exalted aboue all blessing and praise.

Nehemiah 11:2
And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 11:2 · retained source text

And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselues, to dwell at Ierusalem.

Job 1:10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:10 · retained source text

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

1611 marginal noteOr, cattell.

Job 1:21
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
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1611 witness · Job 1:21 · retained source text

And said, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the LORD gaue, and the LORD hath taken away, blessed be the Name of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteEccles. 5.14. 1.tim. 6.7.

Job 29:11
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
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1611 witness · Job 29:11 · retained source text

When the eare heard mee, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gaue witnesse to me:

Job 31:20
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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1611 witness · Job 31:20 · retained source text

If his loynes haue not blessed me, and if hee were not warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:

Job 42:12
So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
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1611 witness · Job 42:12 · retained source text

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Iob, more then his beginning: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.

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