Lexical Summary parēgoria: exhortation, comfort Original Word: παρηγορίαTransliteration: parēgoria Phonetic Spelling: (par-ay-gor-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: exhortation, comfort Meaning: exhortation, comfort Strong's Concordance comfort. From a compound of para and a derivative of agora (meaning to harangue an assembly); an address alongside, i.e. (specially), consolation -- comfort. see GREEK para see GREEK agora Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3931: παρηγορίαπαρηγορία, παρηγοριας, ἡ (παρηγορέω (to address)), properly, an addressing, address; i. e. a. exhortation (4 Macc. 5:11; 6:1; Apoll. Rh. 2, 1281). b. comfort, solace, relief, alleviation, consolation: Colossians 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.) |