Definition

to feel "sympathy" with, i.e. (by implication) to commiserate

Etymology

from G4835 (συμπαθής);

Word family

• συμπαθής sympathḗs

How the KJV renders it

• have compassion
• be touched with a feeling of

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.