bless
From LSJ
Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
invoke blessings on: P. and V. ἀγαθά εὔχεσθαι (dat.).
consecrate: P. and V. καθιεροῦν, P. ἱεροῦν; see consecrate.
prosper, promote: P. and V. σπεύδειν, ἐπισπεύδειν.
bless you: P. and V. εὖ σοι γένοιτο, V. εὐδαιμονοίης, ὄναιο.
bless you for: V. ὄναιο (gen.).
o Zeus, bless such natures: ὦ Ζεῦ, διδοίης τοῖσι τοιούτοισιν εὖ (Soph., Oedipus Coloneus 642).
be blessed in: P. and V. ὄνασθαι (gen.) (aor. mid. of ὀνινάναι).
