Lexicon paramutheomai: to encourge, comfort Original Word: παραμυθέομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paramutheomai Phonetic Spelling: (par-am-oo-theh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I encourage, comfort, console Definition: I encourage, comfort, console, exhort. HELPS word-Studies 3888 paramythéomai (derived from 3844 /pará, "from close-beside" and mytheomai, "soothing speaking") – properly, comforting that shows sympathy (encouragement), cheering someone up by soothing speech with a "personal touch." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom para and mutheomai (to speak) Definitionto encourge, comfort NASB Translationconsole (1), consoling (1), encourage (1), encouraging (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3888: παραμυθέομαιπαραμυθέομαι, παραμυθοῦμαι; 1 aorist παρεμυθησαμην; from Homer down; to speak to, address one, whether by way of admonition and incentive, or to calm and console; hence, equivalent to to encourage, console: τινα, John 11:31; 1 Thessalonians 2:12 ( ); ; τινα περί τίνος, John 11:19.
Strong's comfort. From para and the middle voice of a derivative of muthos; to relate near, i.e. (by implication) encourage, console -- comfort. see GREEK para see GREEK muthos |
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