Consolation
תַּנְחוּםStrong’s H8575tanchum (tan-chum)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tanchum is the Hebrew word usually translated “consolations your”, “consolations of” and “consolations its”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?”
Meaning
- Consolation(s)
How it's translated
- consolations your 2
- consolations of 1
- consolations its 1
- consolations 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 21:2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
- Psalms 94:19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
- Isaiah 66:11That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
- Jeremiah 16:7Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Hebrew dictionary
תַּנְחוּם tanchum · consolation
consolation(s)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “consolation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONSOLATION, noun
[Latin See Console.]
- Comfort; alleviation of misery, or distress of mind; refreshment of mind or spirits; a comparative degree of happiness in distress or misfortune, springing from any circumstance that abates the evil, or supports and strengthens the mind, as hope, joy, courage and the like.
- That which comforts, or refreshes the spirits; the cause of comfort; as the consolation of Israel. Luke 2:25
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.