KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 5:29
Complete exact-word concordance
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, for I am sicke of loue.
1611 marginal noteHeb. straw me with apples.
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Therefore sayd I; Looke away from me, I will weepe bitterly, labour not to comfort me; because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
1611 marginal noteHeb. I will be bitter in weeping.
1611 marginal noteIer.4.19. and 9.1.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
¶ Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, sayth your God.
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he wil comfort all her waste places, and he wil make her wildernes like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD: ioy and gladnesse shalbe found therein, thankesgiuing, and the voice of melody.
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
These two things are come vnto thee; who shall be sorie for thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
1611 marginal noteHebr. happened.
1611 marginal noteHeb. breaking.
1611 marginal noteCha.47.9.
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
Among the smooth stones of the streame is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: euen to them hast thou powred a drinke offering, thou hast offered a meate offering. Should I receiue comfort in these?
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To proclaime the acceptable yere of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourne:
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
As one whom his mother comforteth, so wil I comfort you: and ye shall be comforted in Ierusalem.
¶ When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
¶ When I would comfort my selfe against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon.
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.
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.
Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.
Source order
1 · KJV context and cross-references
