Words the Bible translates as happy
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- makariosμακάριοςenviably well off: an outside observer's exclamation that someone's whole situation is genuinely to be envied, usually because of where they stand with God
- esherאֶשֶׁרhow fortunate!: a teacher's or poet's glad exclamation that a certain kind of person has a life worth envying
- asharאָשַׁרto call someone happy, to publicly declare a person fortunate or blessed
+1 more meaning
- to go straight ahead on a path, or to lead and direct others along one
- osherאֹשֶׁרhappynot studied yet
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