King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3931
Transliteration: parēgoria
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ay-gor-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: exhortation, comfort
Meaning: exhortation, comfort
παρηγορία, παρηγοριας, ἡ (παρηγορέω (to address)), properly, an addressing, address; i. e.
Word Summary
parēgoria: exhortation, comfort
Original Word: παρηγορίαTransliteration: parēgoria
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ay-gor-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: exhortation, comfort
Meaning: exhortation, comfort
Strong's Concordance
comfort. From a compound of para and a derivative of agora (meaning to harangue an assembly); an address alongside, i.e. (specially), consolation -- comfort.
see GREEK para
see GREEK agora
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3931: παρηγορίαπαρηγορία, παρηγοριας, ἡ (παρηγορέω (to address)), properly, an addressing, address; i. e.
a. exhortation (4 Macc. 5:11; 6:1; Apoll. Rh. 2, 1281).
b. comfort, solace, relief, alleviation, consolation: Colossians 4:11 (where see Lightfoot). (Aeschylus Ag. 95; Philo, q. deus immort. § 14; de somn. i., § 18; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 3; often in Plutarch; Hierocl.)