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16681 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. συμπαρακαλέω.4
2. to strengthen (A. V. comfort ) with others (souls; see παρακαλέω, II. 4): συμπαρακληθῆναι ἐν ὑμῖν, that I with you may be comforted among you, i. e. in your assembly, with you, Romans 1:12 .
16682 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Behind.3
… , and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on …” ( Genesis 18:5 ).
16683 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Bread.2
… , and comfort ye your hearts …” ( Genesis 18:4 - 5 ). In 1 Samuel 20:27, lechem represents an entire meal: “… Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of …
16684 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Complete.4
… “… restore comforts unto him and to his mourners” who wept in the Babylonian exile ( Isaiah 57:18 ).
16685 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Create.4
… of comfort based upon God’s past benefits and blessings to His people. Isaiah especially wants to show that, since Yahweh is the Creator, He is able to deliver …
16686 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Elder; Aged.2
… will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow” ( Jeremiah 31:13 ). The “old man” is described as being advanced in days ( Genesis 18:11 ), as being satisfied …
16687 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Far.3
… : “… The comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me …” ( Lamentations 1:16 ). “To be distant” was also “to abstain”: “Keep thee far from a false matter” ( Exodus 23:7 ).
16688 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Fill.6
… ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished …” ( Isaiah 40:2 ).
16689 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Heart.15
… ; friendly; comfortably.” Lêb is used as an adverb in Genesis 34:3 : “And his soul clave unto Dinah … and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.” In Ruth …
16690 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Magnify.10
… , and comfort me on every side.” Gedûlâh may refer also to “great dignity” ( Esther 6:3 ) and to “great things” ( 2 Samuel 7:21 ).
16691 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Night.3
… the comforting presence and guidance of God, and/or other kinds of distress: “Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night …?” ( Job 35:10 ).
16692 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Peace.4
… ease, comfortable with someone. The relationship is one of harmony and wholeness, which is the opposite of the state of strife and war: “I am for peace: but when …
16693 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Repent.2
… repent, comfort.” Nâcham apparently means “to repent” about 40 times and “to comfort” about 65 times in the Old Testament. Scholars assert several views in trying …
16694 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Repent.8
… “to comfort.” The refugees in Babylon would be “comforted” when survivors arrived from Jerusalem ( Ezekiel 14:23 ); the connection between “comfort” and “repent” here …
16695 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Repent.9
… for “comfort”: “Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side” ( Psalms 71:21 ). In an eschatological sense God indicated that He would “comfort” Jerusalem …
16696 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Sow.4
… continuing comfort are the words, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy” ( Psalms 126:5 ). The universal law of the harvest, sowing and reaping, applies to all areas …
16697 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Stretch Out.5
… to “comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon [literally, the “stretching” (of the day, or of the shadows)] …” ( Judges 19:8 ). “To stretch out” one’s …
16698 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Test.5
… take comfort in the Word of God which alone on earth is tried and purified and by which we can be purified: “Thy promise is well tried, and thy servant loves it …
16699 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Work.15
… shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed” ( Genesis 5:29 ). The word is scattered throughout …
16700 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Advocate.2
* For ADVOCATE see COMFORTER