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comfort

Meaning of “comfort”

Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.

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66 occurrences62 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 5:29

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Jeremiah 8:18
¶ When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:18 · retained source text

¶ When I would comfort my selfe against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon.

Jeremiah 16:7
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:7 · retained source text

Neither shall men teare themselues for them in mourning to comfort them for the dead, neither shall men giue them the cuppe of consolation to drinke for their father, or for their mother.

1611 marginal noteLeuit.19.28. deut. 14.1.

1611 marginal noteOr, breake bread for them, as Ezek. 24.17.

Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:13 · retained source text

Then shall the virgine reioyce in the daunce, both yoong men and old together: for I will turne their mourning into ioy, and will comfort them, and make them reioyce from their sorrow.

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