Job 29:25
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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Comforteth
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2 Corinthians 7:6
Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
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נָחַם
nâcham · naw-kham'
3 times translated as this KJV form108 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Strong's KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
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Strong's first: Job 29:25Strong's last: Isaiah 66:13
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parakaléō · par-ak-al-eh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form114 total Strong's occurrences
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
Strong's KJV usage: :--beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 1:4Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 7:6
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G3870
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
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Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
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comfort
COMFORT, verb transitive
1. To strengthen; to invigorate; to cheer or enliven.
Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
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.
COMFORT, noun
1. Relief from pain; ease; rest or moderate pleasure after pain, cold or distress or uneasiness of body. The word signifies properly new strength, or animation; and relief from pain is often the effect of strength. In a popular sense, the word signifies rather negatively the absence of pain and the consequent quiet, than positive animation.
2. Relief from distress of mind; the ease and quiet which is experienced when pain, trouble, agitation or affliction ceases. It implies also some degree of positive animation of the spirits; or some pleasurable sensations derived from hope, and agreeable prospects; consolation.
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 119:50.
4. That which gives strength or support in distress, difficulty, danger, or infirmity.
Pious children are the comfort of their aged parents.
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). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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