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noun · feminine

parēgorias

Greekπαρηγορία (parēgoria)

Strong’sG3931

solace, consolation

stem parēgori-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

comfort

What it means

** παρηγορία, -ας, ἡ

(< παρηγορέω, to address, exhort, console), [in LXX: IV Mac 5:12 6:1*;]

1. an address, exhortation (LXX, IV Mac 5:12 6:1).
2. comfort, consolation: Col 4:11.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3931 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-ay-gor-ee'-ah

an address alongside, i.e. (specially), consolation

Fromfrom a compound of G3844 and a derivative of G58 (meaning to harangue an assembly);

King Jamescomfort.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativeparēgoriasπαρηγορίαparēgoriais
object accusativeparēgorianparēgoriain
direct address vocativeparēgoriarparēgoriair
of, belonging to genitiveparēgoriauparēgoriaiu
to, for dativeparēgoriaparēgoriai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
parēgoristem+agender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

parēgoria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

parēgorias“comfort”subjectnominative singular

Colossians 4:11“comfort”kai Iēsus tos legirōtos Ioustos, tois arōtois ek peritomau, houtois monois sunergois eis tan basileian tou theou, hotinois ginila mi parēgorias.Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.