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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 5:29

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Judges 19:5
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¶ And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 19:5 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe on the fourth day, when they arose earely in the morning, that he rose vp to depart: and the damosels father saide vnto his sonne in lawe, Comfort thine heart with a morsell of bread, and afterward goe your way.

1611 marginal noteHeb. strengthen.

Judges 19:8
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And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
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1611 witness · Judges 19:8 · retained source text

And hee arose early in the morning on the fift day to depart, and the damosels father sayd, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they taried vntill after noone, and they did eate both of them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. till the day declined.

Complete reference index — all 62 verses
Genesis 5:29Genesis 18:5Genesis 27:42Genesis 37:35Judges 19:5Judges 19:82 Samuel 10:21 Chronicles 7:221 Chronicles 19:2Job 2:11Job 6:10Job 7:13Job 9:27Job 10:20Job 21:34Psalms 23:4Psalms 71:21Psalms 119:50Psalms 119:76Psalms 119:82Song of Solomon 2:5Isaiah 22:4Isaiah 40:1Isaiah 51:3Isaiah 51:19Isaiah 57:6Isaiah 61:2Isaiah 66:13Jeremiah 8:18Jeremiah 16:7Jeremiah 31:13Lamentations 1:2Lamentations 1:17Lamentations 1:21Lamentations 2:13Ezekiel 14:23Ezekiel 16:54Zechariah 1:17Zechariah 10:2Matthew 9:22Mark 10:49Luke 8:48John 11:19Acts 9:31Romans 15:41 Corinthians 14:32 Corinthians 1:32 Corinthians 1:42 Corinthians 2:72 Corinthians 7:42 Corinthians 7:132 Corinthians 13:11Ephesians 6:22Philippians 2:1Philippians 2:19Colossians 4:8Colossians 4:111 Thessalonians 3:21 Thessalonians 4:181 Thessalonians 5:111 Thessalonians 5:142 Thessalonians 2:17

Where “comfort” appears

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Genesis4 occurrences
4 versesJudges2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse1 Chronicles3 occurrences
2 versesJob6 occurrences
6 versesPsalms5 occurrences
5 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah9 occurrences
7 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
3 versesLamentations4 occurrences
4 versesEzekiel2 occurrences
2 versesZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesMatthew1 occurrence
1 verseMark1 occurrence
1 verseLuke1 occurrence
1 verseJohn1 occurrence
1 verseActs1 occurrence
1 verseRomans1 occurrence
1 verse1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians7 occurrences
6 versesEphesians1 occurrence
1 versePhilippians2 occurrences
2 versesColossians2 occurrences
2 verses1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
4 verses2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
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