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Comfort

παρηγορίαStrong’s G3931

parēgoria

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Parēgoria is the Greek word usually translated “comfort”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.”
Colossians 4:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “comfort”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • a comfort 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Colossians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    παρηγορία parēgoria · comfort

    παρηγορία, -ας, ἡ (παρηγορέω, to address, exhort, console) [in LXX: 4Ma.5:12 4Mac 6:1 * ;] 1. an address, exhortation (LXX, ll. with). 2. comfort, consolation: Col.4:11.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “comfort” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    COMFORT, verb transitive

    1. To strengthen; to invigorate; to cheer or enliven.“COMFORT ye your hearts” Genesis 18:5
    2. To strengthen the mind when depressed or enfeebled; to console; to give new vigor to the spirits; to cheer, or relieve from depression, or trouble.“His friends came to mourn with him and to comfort him” Job 2:11
    3. In law, to relieve, assist or encourage, as the accessory to a crime after the fact.
    All definitions and other forms of “comfort”

      COMFORT, noun

      1. Relief from pain; ease; rest or moderate pleasure after pain, cold or distress or uneasiness of body.
      2. Relief from distress of mind; the ease and quiet which is experienced when pain, trouble, agitation or affliction ceases.“Let me alone, that I may take comfort a little” Job 10:20“Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole” Matthew 9:22
      3. Support; consolation under calamity, distress or danger.“Let thy merciful kindness be for my comfort” Psalms 119:76
      4. That which gives strength or support in distress, difficulty, danger, or infirmity.
      5. In law, support; assistance; countenance; encouragement; as, an accessory affords aid or comfort to a felon.
      6. That which gives security from want and furnishes moderate enjoyment; as the comforts of life.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.