Bible Dictionary
BLESSEDNESS
The happy or favored condition of a person who receives God's blessing. In Romans it describes the blessed state of one whose righteousness is counted through faith.
Definition
Blessedness is the happy or favored condition of one who receives blessing. It may also mean the ascription or declaration of blessing.
Biblical Usage
In Romans it describes the condition of the person to whom Christ’s righteousness is imputed through faith. In Galatians it refers to a person’s experience of that condition.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>bles'-ed-nes: This translation of makarismos (a word signifying "beatification" or "the ascription of blessing"), is used but three times, in Ro 4:6,9, and Ga 4:15, in the King James Version only. In the first two instances it refers to the happy state or condition of a man to whom Christ's righteousness is imputed by faith, and in the last to a man's experience of that condition.</p><p>See HAPPINESS.</p>