Word Summary
sympathēs: sympathetic
Original Word: συμπαθήςTransliteration: sympathēs
Phonetic Spelling: (soom-path-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sympathetic
Meaning: sympathetic
Strong's Concordance
sympathetic, understanding
From sumpascho; having a fellow-feeling ("sympathetic"), i.e. (by implication) mutually commiserative -- having compassion one of another.
see GREEK sumpascho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4835: συμπαθήςσυμπαθής,
συμπαθες (
σύν and
πάσχω),
suffering or feeling the like with another, sympathetic:
1 Peter 3:8, cf.
Romans 12:15. (
Aristotle,
Theophrastus, others.)