Happy, Happier - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Happy, Happier

[ A-1,Adjective,G3107, makarios ]
blessed, happy," is rendered "happy" in the RV, in two places only, as in the AV, Acts 26:2; Romans 14:22 (where "blessed" would have done); also the comparative "happier" in 1 Corinthians 7:40. Elsewhere the RV uses "blessed" for AV "happy," e.g., John 13:17; 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 4:14. See BLESSED.

[ B-1,Verb,G3106, makarizo ]
"to call blessed," Luke 1:48, is rendered "we count ... happy" in James 5:11. See BLESSED.

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