Solace
נִידStrong’s H5205nid
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Nid is the Hebrew word usually translated “condolence of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.”
Meaning
- Quivering (motion) of lips
How it's translated
- and condolence of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
נִיד nid · solace
quivering (motion) of lips
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “solace” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOL'ACE, verb transitive
[from Latin soatium; solor, to comfort, assuage, relieve. See Console.]
- To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in afflication; to console; applied to persons; as, to solace one's self with the hop of future reward.
- To allay; to assuage; as, to solace grief.
All definitions and other forms of “solace”
SOL'ACE, verb intransitive
To take comfort; to be cheered or relieved in grief.
SOL'ACE, noun
Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; recreation. The propersolaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.