STRONGS G3931:
παρηγορία,
παρηγοριας,
ἡ (
παρηγορέω (to address)), properly,
an addressing, address; i. e.
a. exhortation (4 Macc. 5:11; 6:1;
Apoll. Rh. 2, 1281).
b. comfort, solace, relief, alleviation, consolation:
Colossians 4:11 (where see
Lightfoot). (
Aeschylus Ag. 95;
Philo, q. deus immort. § 14; de somn. i., § 18;
Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 3; often in
Plutarch;
Hierocl.)
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