Strong’s G3931 · Greek

παρηγορία
parēgoría

Definition

an address alongside, i.e. (specially), consolation

Etymology

from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and a derivative of G58 (ἀγορά) (meaning to harangue an assembly);

Where the KJV renders it

  • comfort

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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