G3931

παρηγορία

parēgoriaG:N-F

comfort

παρηγορία, -ας, ἡ (παρηγορέω, to address, exhort, console) [in LXX: 4Ma.5:12 4Mac 6:1 * ;] __1. an address, exhortation (LXX, ll. with). __2. comfort, consolation: Col.4:11.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3931 in the following manner:

comfort (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

παρηγορία — parēgoría

παρηγορία, παρηγοριας, ἡ (παρηγορέω (to address)), properly, an addressing, address; i. e.

a. exhortation (4Ma 5:11; 4Ma 6:1; Apoll. Rh. 2, 1281).

b. comfort, solace, relief, alleviation, consolation: Col 4:11 (where see Lightfoot). (Aeschylus Ag. 95; Philo, q. deus immort. § 14; de somn. i., § 18; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 3; often in Plutarch; Hierocl.)

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