King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4834
Transliteration: sympatheō
Phonetic Spelling: (soom-path-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to have a fellow feeling with, sympathize with
Meaning: to have a fellow feeling with, sympathize with
συμπαθέω (T WH συνπαθέω (cf. σύν, II. at the end)), συμπάθω: 1 aorist συνεπάθησα; (συμπαθής);
Word Summary
sympatheō: to have a fellow feeling with, sympathize with
Original Word: συμπαθέωTransliteration: sympatheō
Phonetic Spelling: (soom-path-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to have a fellow feeling with, sympathize with
Meaning: to have a fellow feeling with, sympathize with
Strong's Concordance
sympathize, have compassionFrom sumpathes; to feel "sympathy" with, i.e. (by implication) to commiserate -- have compassion, be touched with a feeling of.
see GREEK sumpathes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4834: συμπαθέωσυμπαθέω (T WH συνπαθέω (cf. σύν, II. at the end)), συμπάθω: 1 aorist συνεπάθησα; (συμπαθής);
a. to be affected with the same feeling as another, to sympathize with (Aristotle, Plutarch).
b. in reference to the wretched, to feel for, have compassion on, (Vulg.compatior): τίνι, Hebrews 4:15 (A. V. to be touched with the feeling of); Hebrews 10:34 (Isocrates, p. 64 b.; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch).