Bless

//blɛs//

Synonyms for "bless" (156 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Verb(2 words)
avowconsecrate
Phrase(1 words)
bless someone's heart

Strong matches (46)

Verb(1 words)
hallow

Related words (78)

Related word relations

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Antonyms

8 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

4 entries

derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

128 translations across 84 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • seën verb (confer blessing on)

Albanian

1 entries
  • bekoj verb (confer blessing on)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ባረከ verb (confer blessing on)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • εὐλογέω verb (confer blessing on)
  • μακαρίζω verb (confer blessing on)

Arabic

2 entries
  • بارك verb (confer blessing on)
  • بَارَكَ verb (confer blessing on)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • bendicir verb (confer blessing on)

Armenian

1 entries
  • օրհնել verb (confer blessing on)

Asturian

1 entries
  • bendicir verb (confer blessing on)

Basque

1 entries
  • bedeinkatu verb (confer blessing on)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • благаславі́ць verb (confer blessing on)
  • бласлаўля́ць verb (confer blessing on)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • благосла́вям verb (confer blessing on)
  • благословя́ verb (confer blessing on)

Catalan

1 entries
  • beneir verb (confer blessing on)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 佑 verb (confer blessing on)
  • 保佑 verb (confer blessing on)
  • 祝福 verb (confer blessing on)
  • 福 verb (confer blessing on)

Czech

2 entries
  • požehnat verb (confer blessing on)
  • žehnat verb (confer blessing on)

Danish

2 entries
  • signe verb (confer blessing on)
  • velsigne verb (confer blessing on)

Dutch

1 entries
  • zegenen verb (confer blessing on)

Eastern Mari

2 entries
  • саеш пӱраш verb (confer blessing on)
  • сугыньлаш verb (confer blessing on)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • welsingen verb (confer blessing on)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • beni verb (confer blessing on)

Estonian

1 entries
  • õnnistama verb (confer blessing on)

Faroese

2 entries
  • signa verb (confer blessing on)
  • vælsigna verb (confer blessing on)

Finnish

1 entries
  • siunata verb (confer blessing on)

French

1 entries
  • bénir verb (confer blessing on)

Friulian

2 entries
  • benedî verb (confer blessing on)
  • binidî verb (confer blessing on)

Galician

1 entries
  • bendicir verb (confer blessing on)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ლოცვა verb (confer blessing on)

German

2 entries
  • benedeien verb (confer blessing on)
  • segnen verb (confer blessing on)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (confer blessing on)
  • 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (confer blessing on)

Greek

1 entries
  • ευλογώ verb (confer blessing on)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • pilluaqquaa verb (confer blessing on)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • beni verb (confer blessing on)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בירך \ בֵּרֵךְ \ בֵּרַךְ verb (confer blessing on)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megáld verb (confer blessing on)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • blessa verb (confer blessing on)

Ido

1 entries
  • benedikar verb (confer blessing on)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • berkat verb (confer blessing on)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • siunata verb (confer blessing on)
  • slaavia verb (confer blessing on)

Italian

1 entries
  • benedire verb (confer blessing on)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 恵む verb (confer blessing on)
  • 祝福する verb (confer blessing on)

Kabuverdianu

3 entries
  • abensua verb (confer blessing on)
  • abênsua verb (confer blessing on)
  • bensuá verb (confer blessing on)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жарылқау verb (confer blessing on)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រទានពរ verb (confer blessing on)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries
  • бурсины verb (confer blessing on)

Korean

1 entries
  • 축복하다 verb (confer blessing on)

Latin

1 entries
  • benedīcō verb (confer blessing on)

Latvian

1 entries
  • svētīt verb (confer blessing on)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • seenen verb (confer blessing on)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • благослови verb (confer blessing on)
  • благословува verb (confer blessing on)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അനുഗ്രഹിക്കുക verb (confer blessing on)
  • ആശീർവദിക്കുക verb (confer blessing on)

Maltese

1 entries
  • bierek verb (confer blessing on)

Middle English

2 entries
  • blessen verb (confer blessing on)
  • blessen verb (To honour as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • адислах verb (confer blessing on)
  • өршөөх verb (confer blessing on)

Māori

4 entries
  • karakia verb (confer blessing on)
  • whakamānawa verb (confer blessing on)
  • whakamānawa verb (To honour as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.)
  • whakapai verb (confer blessing on)

Norman

1 entries
  • béni verb (confer blessing on)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • buressivdnidit verb (confer blessing on)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • blessa verb (confer blessing on)
  • signa verb (confer blessing on)
  • velsigne verb (confer blessing on)

Old French

1 entries
  • beneïr verb (confer blessing on)

Persian

1 entries
  • برکت دادن verb (confer blessing on)

Polish

1 entries
  • błogosławić verb (confer blessing on)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • abençoar verb (confer blessing on)
  • bendizer verb (confer blessing on)
  • benzer verb (confer blessing on)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ch'allay verb (confer blessing on)

Romanian

2 entries
  • binecuvânta verb (confer blessing on)
  • blagoslovi verb (confer blessing on)

Romansch

3 entries
  • banadeir verb (confer blessing on)
  • banadir verb (confer blessing on)
  • benedir verb (confer blessing on)

Russian

2 entries
  • благослови́ть verb (confer blessing on)
  • благословля́ть verb (confer blessing on)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • blagoslòviti verb (confer blessing on)
  • благосло̀вити verb (confer blessing on)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • a-binidìciri verb (confer blessing on)
  • binidìciri verb (confer blessing on)

Slovak

2 entries
  • požehnať verb (confer blessing on)
  • žehnať verb (confer blessing on)

Slovene

1 entries
  • blagosloviti verb (confer blessing on)

Spanish

1 entries
  • bendecir verb (confer blessing on)

Sranan Tongo

3 entries
  • blesi verb (confer blessing on)
  • bresi verb (confer blessing on)
  • seigi verb (confer blessing on)

Swedish

1 entries
  • välsigna verb (confer blessing on)

Telugu

1 entries
  • దీవించు verb (confer blessing on)

Thai

1 entries
  • อวยพร verb (confer blessing on)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ባረኸ verb (confer blessing on)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kutsamak verb (confer blessing on)
  • takdis etmek verb (confer blessing on)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • козманы verb (confer blessing on)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • благослови́ти verb (confer blessing on)
  • благословля́ти verb (confer blessing on)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • požohnować verb (confer blessing on)
  • žohnować verb (confer blessing on)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • alqamoq verb (confer blessing on)

Venetan

1 entries
  • benedir verb (confer blessing on)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • ban phúc verb (confer blessing on)
  • chúc phúc verb (confer blessing on)
  • giáng phúc verb (confer blessing on)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bendithio verb (confer blessing on)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • согоньым пуаш verb (confer blessing on)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • mıbarek kerden verb (confer blessing on)
  • teqdis kerden verb (confer blessing on)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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Bless these little children.

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God bless you!

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May God bless you.

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He prayed God to bless me.

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