'Bless' in the Bible

bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

Unto you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?

Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?

saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: