Words the Bible translates as comfort
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- parakaleōπαρακαλέωto call someone to one's side: to appeal to, urge, comfort, or invite a person, depending on why they are called near
- naḥamנָחַםto comfort: to ease another's grief and settle a troubled heart back into peace
+2 more meanings
- to regret or relent: to reverse one's inner stance toward something already done or announced
- to ease oneself: to settle one's own stirred-up heart, often by resolving to act in revenge
- paraklēsisπαράκλησιςa coming-alongside with words that move a person: comfort that steadies, encouragement that urges, or an earnest appeal.
- nudנוּדto move restlessly to and fro: to wander or flee as a homeless fugitive, and, by the shaking of the head over another's pain, to grieve with and console the suffering
- menuḥahמְנוּחָהrest as a place reached: the settled safety and permanence at the end of a search, from a physical resting place to God's own dwelling
- sa'adסָעַדto hold something up so it does not give way, by supplying whatever keeps it standing
- paramuthiaπαραμυθίαcomfortnot studied yet
- parēgoriaπαρηγορίαcomfortnot studied yet
- niḥumנִחוּםcomfortnot studied yet
- paramuthionπαραμύθιονcomfortnot studied yet
- neḥamahנֶחָמָהcomfortnot studied yet
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