to comfort, relent, have compassion
To sigh deeply, breathe with relief, comfort, relent, have compassion; God comforting His afflicted people ('Comfort, comfort My people', Isaiah 40:1).
Derivation: Primitive root.
comfort, consolation
Consolations, comfort offered to grieving exiles through promise of redemption and peace (Isaiah 57:18, Zechariah 1:13).
Derivation: From נָחַם (H5162).
mother, matriarch
Mother, bearer of life; honored in Decalogue, and metaphor for divine comfort ('As one whom his mother comforts', Isaiah 66:13).
Derivation: Primitive word.
a calling to one's aid, summons, appeal
Primary meaning: a calling to one's aid, summons, appeal, entreaty. Strong's: imploration, hortation, solace. Lexical nuances: a calling to one's aid , summons (Thus.), hence, appeal , entreaty (Strab., Plut., al., I Mac 10:24 ; cf. Lft., Notes , 20): II Co 8:4 .
Derivation: from G3870 (παρακαλέω);
called to one's aid, an advocate, pleader
Primary meaning: called to one's aid, an advocate, pleader, intercessor. Strong's: an intercessor, consoler. Lexical nuances: called to one's aid in a judicial cause (Dion. Cass.); hence, most freq. as subst., ὁ π. , an advocate , pleader , intercessor (Dem., al.; so in Rabbinic lit., פְּרַקְלִיטָא ), "a friend of the accused person, called to speak to his character, or otherwise enlist sympathy in his favour" (Field, Notes , 102). In NT, specif., ὁ π. , of Christ, I Jo 2:1 (v. ICC , Jo. Epp. , 23 ff.); of the Holy Sp...
to call to, call for, summon
Primary meaning: to call to, call for, summon, to invoke. Strong's: to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation). Lexical nuances: to call to one, call for , summon : Ac 28:20 (R, mg.; R, txt., entreat ); hence (of the gods: Dem., Xen., al.), to invoke , call on , beseech , entreat : τ. πατέρα μου , Mt 26:53 ; τ. κύριον , II Co 12:8 ; in late writers (Polyb., Diod., al.; rarely in LXX; in π. , v. Deiss., LAE , 176 14 ), also of men: absol., Phm 9 ; c. acc., Mt 8:5 , Mk 1:40 , Ac 16:9 , al.; c. inf., Mk 5:17 , Lk 8:41 , Ac ...
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G2564 (καλέω);
Colossians • Chapter 2 (23 verses)
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea , and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the ackn... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Laodicea .
Isaiah • Chapter 40 (31 verses)
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem , and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Zion , Lebanon .
Philippians • Chapter 2 (30 verses)
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ , if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; b... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
1 Thessalonians • Chapter 3 (13 verses)
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; And sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ , to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: That no man should be moved by... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Athens .
Judith • Chapter 11 (23 verses)
And Holofernes said to her, Woman, be of good comfort, fear not in your heart: for I never hurt any that has chosen to serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of all the earth. And now, if your people that dwells in the hill country had not set light by me, I would not have lifted up my s... Mentions: Jerusalem .
Zechariah • Chapter 10 (12 verses)
Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: ther... Mentions: Judah , Joseph , Ephraim , Egypt , Assyria , Gilead , Lebanon .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 19 (19 verses)
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning h... Mentions: Ammon , David, Maacah , Jacob/Israel , Jericho , Mesopotamia , Syria , Zobah .
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 4 (16 verses)
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already...
2 Esdras • Chapter 10 (59 verses)
And it so came to pass, that when my son was entered into his wedding chamber, he fell down, and died. Then we all overthrew the lights, and all my neighbors rose up to comfort me: and I remained quiet to the second day at night. And it came to pass, when they had all left off t... Mentions: Uriel , Solomon , Jerusalem .
2 Samuel • Chapter 10 (19 verses)
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. Then said David , I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servant... Mentions: Ammon , David, Maacah , Jacob/Israel , Jericho , Zobah , Rehob 3 .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 1 (24 verses)
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth , with all the saints which are in all Achaia : Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be God, even the Father of... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Corinth , Achaia , Asia , Macedonia .
Psalms • Chapter 77 (20 verses)
I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhe... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Moses , Aaron .
Isaiah • Chapter 12 (6 verses)
And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my sal... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 7 (16 verses)
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. I speak not this to condemn you: ... Mentions: Macedonia .
Job • Chapter 16 (22 verses)
Then Job answered and said, I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
1 Thessalonians • Chapter 5 (28 verses)
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woma... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
1 Corinthians • Chapter 14 (40 verses)
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men t...
Colossians • Chapter 4 (18 verses)
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ , f... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Laodicea , Hierapolis .
Isaiah • Chapter 61 (11 verses)
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year ... Mentions: Zion .
Job • Chapter 42 (17 verses)
Then Job answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Mentions: Eliphaz .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 13 (14 verses)
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Acts • Chapter 20 (38 verses)
And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia . And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece , And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wai... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia , Greece , Syria , Asia , Berea .
Job • Chapter 7 (21 verses)
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to...
Isaiah • Chapter 22 (25 verses)
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound... Mentions: Elam , Judah , David , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Hilkiah , Kir , Jerusalem .
Romans • Chapter 15 (33 verses)
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jesse , Jerusalem , Illyricum , Spain , Macedonia , Achaia .
Job • Chapter 6 (30 verses)
But Job answered and said, Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. Mentions: Tema , Sheba .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 2 (17 verses)
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I oug... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Troas , Macedonia .
1 Thessalonians • Chapter 2 (20 verses)
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi , we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. For our exhortat... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Philippi .
John • Chapter 16 (33 verses)
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, no... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .