145 occurrences in 13 translations

'Comfort' in the Bible

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodServanthood, In Life Of BelieversPeople Refreshed

And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleTelling What People Said

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldSheolWeepingComfort, Of FriendsParental LoveAfflicted To DeathNo Comfort

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

Verse ConceptsKindnessKind WordsPeople Providingprovidingreassurance

“You shall also have a place outside the camp to which you may go,

Verse ConceptsOutside The Camppoop

Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit.

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOilOrchardsOlive Trees

That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

Verse ConceptsBrothersEvil EyesPeople OpposedStingy Peopleempathytenderheartedness

If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

Verse ConceptsSelf IndulgenceSelf DelusionFalse ConfidencePathways Of SinMoist ThingsObstinate IndividualsPersistence

For the LORD will vindicate his people and bring comfort to his servants, because he will observe that their power has waned, when neither prisoner nor free person remain.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Repentance OfPeople Of God, In OtGod VindicatesGod Will Show Mercyvindication

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.

Verse ConceptsSonsThe Fourth Day Of The WeekThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Who DelayedDay 4

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.

Verse ConceptsThe Fifth Day Of The WeekThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Who DelayedDay 5

Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.

Verse ConceptsKindnessMaidsSuffering, Encouragements Inreassurance

And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?

Verse ConceptsSearchingFather And Daughter Relationships

Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsenvoyCondolence

And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsOne FleshComfort, Of FriendsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenThe Promise Of A Baby

"So your humble servant is saying, "Please, your majesty, let what the king has to say be of comfort, because just as the angel of God is, so also is your majesty the king to discern both good and evil. And may the LORD your God remain present with you.'"

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfKnowledge Of Good And EvilAngels, DescriptionThe Angel Of GodGod Be With YouLike Angels

The king also asked Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer, too? Go back to the city in comfort, along with your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan.

Verse ConceptsSeers

Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don't go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now."

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofTreatment From YouthGet Up!Scattering Followers

And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

Verse Conceptsenvoy

"Isn't the LORD your God with you? Hasn't he surrounded you with comfort? He has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my control, and the land lies subdued both in the LORD's presence and before his people.

Verse ConceptsGod With You

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Verse ConceptsBad FriendsGood FriendsLove, For One AnotherSympathyVisitingComfort, Of FriendsCondolenceVisiting Of The SickVisitationThree MenMeeting PeopleBest FriendsLosing A FriendLosing FriendsTrue Friends

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfJoy, Of IsraelGod Is HolyPhysical PainDenying GodGod SpeakingPleasurablenessjoyfuldenialjoyfulness

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Verse ConceptsBedsHuman ComfortComplaining

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Verse ConceptsComplaintsComplaining

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Verse ConceptsLife, Brevity OfLeave Us Alone

In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Verse ConceptsAffluencePeace, Human Search ForPeople Stumblingfate

I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

Verse ConceptsGod Appointed AfflictionsTargetsThose At Ease

Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

Verse ConceptsComfortless LivesUseless WordsHuman Comfort

I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted, Duty To ThemLearning The Right WayHuman ComfortNature Of Kings

“I go about mourning without comfort;I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.

Verse ConceptsBlackBeggarsThe SunBeggingBlack PeopleCrying For HelpSunshine

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

Verse ConceptsMessianic BanquetTablesFat Of Animals

Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

Verse ConceptsAstrologyConstellationsControlling Sun Moon And Stars

All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to his house and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah and a gold earring.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGoldOrnamentsRingsSistersSuffering, Encouragements InVisitingComfort, Of FriendsPresentsJewelleryLarge Denominations

I was mute and silent [before my enemies],I refrained even from good,And my distress grew worse.

Verse ConceptsMutenessIndividuals Being Silent

Show me a sign of your goodness, so that those who hate me will see it and be ashamed. For you, LORD, will help and comfort me. A psalm by the descendants of Korah. A song.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfJustice, In Believers' LivesSuffering, Encouragements InSeeking A SignGod Has ComfortedGod HelpsHateFavorGoodnessBeing PositivehatershelphelpingFinding Comfort In God

Please return, LORD! When will it be? Comfort your servants.

Verse ConceptsBefore God ActsBe Merciful!

Lord, I remember Your judgments from long agoand find comfort.

Verse ConceptsGod Speaking Of OldGod Has Comforted

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringLovingkindnessGod Will Comfort

Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,

Verse ConceptsdrinkingSearchingDaybreakUntil DaybreakLoveloversloving

Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

Verse ConceptsDissipationPromotionSurplusUnfitting ThingsUnsuitable Ruleego

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature Of

And thou hast said in that day: 'I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodGod Has ComfortedGod Will No More Be AngryWe Thank GodreunitingFinding Comfort In God

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.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort

He who said to them, “This is the place of quiet, give rest to the weary,”And, “This is the resting place,” yet they would not listen.

Verse ConceptsRest, SpiritualRejection Of God's CallSelf WillGod Giving RestResttiredmovement

Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.

Verse ConceptsComplacencyWomen Doing WrongBeing A Woman Of God

Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.

Verse ConceptsShakingPeople Stripping Off

Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAfflicted SaintsEarth, God's GloryJoy, And Human ExperienceSingingSongsAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodGod Has ComfortedMothers DeathFinding Comfort In 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.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureJoy, Of IsraelLand, Spiritual Aspects OfRuinsThanksgivingAfflictions, Consolation DuringArchaeologyEdenWaste Places RestoredBlessing In The WildernessThose Singing PraiseGod Will ComfortFree Of ChargeGardensPeace And ComfortzionFinding Comfort In God

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?

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfKilling Israelites

Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSingingSongsArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredDestruction Of JerusalemGod Has ComfortedFinding Comfort In God

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?

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;I will lead him and restore comfortto him and his mourners,

Verse ConceptsRestitutionGod HealsGod Will ComfortGod's Healing LoveHealing And ComfortHope And Healing

So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.

Verse ConceptsSatisfactionAfflictions, Consolation DuringmomsMotherhoodbreasts

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceGod, Righteousness OfQuestionsApparent InjusticePartialityDoubting God's JusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Wicked ProsperprosperingQuestioning Life

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.

Verse ConceptsNo Comfortlosing a loved oneDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of Loved OneMissing SomeoneDeath Of A MotherFamily DeathLoss Of A Loved OneLosing Someone

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.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsMourning Turned To JoyDancingSorrowRestored JoyGod Will ComfortFinding Comfort In God

‘If you will indeed remain in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I will relent and be satisfied concerning the disaster that I have inflicted on you [as discipline, and I will replace judgment with compassion].

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessStaying PutMetaphorical PlantingGod Changing His MindStaying Strong And Not Giving Upland

From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

Verse ConceptsWineTreatment From YouthThose At Easeteenager

Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsNationalismA Solitary PeopleThose At Ease

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

Verse ConceptsCheeksBetrayalNightFeelings Of Rejection By GodWeepingAfflictions, Consolation DuringHanding Over PeopleFriends FailingNo ComfortPeople Mourning Catastrophe

ט TetHer uncleanness stains her skirts.She never considered her end.Her downfall was astonishing;there was no one to comfort her.Lord, look on my affliction,for the enemy triumphs!

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of ThoughtFringe Of ClothesDownfall Of IsraelPeople Being UncleanI Am SufferingNo ComfortSeeking Honour

ע AyinI weep because of these things;my eyes flow with tears.For there is no one nearby to comfort me,no one to keep me alive.My children are desolatebecause the enemy has prevailed.

Verse ConceptsBeing ForsakenPeace, Human Destruction OfSympathyRestoring SinnersI Mourn CatastropheNo Comfort

Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSitting In DejectionNo Comfort

They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

Verse ConceptsComfortless LivesThe Day Of JudgementPleasing MenLike The NationsI Am SufferingNo ComfortWhat God Does

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Verse ConceptsSeaVirginLikeningUnique EventsDestruction Of JerusalemThings Like The SeaHuman ComfortLikening ThingsNo HealingSea, Metaphorical ReferencesHealing And Comfort

And mine anger shall be accomplished, and I will satisfy my fury upon them, and I will comfort myself; and they shall know that I Jehovah have spoken in my jealousy, when I have accomplished my fury upon them.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodRageAnger Subsidingventing

And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsUseless LabourHuman Comfort

That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

Verse ConceptsBearingHuman ComfortShame Has Come

"When Pharaoh sees them, he will take comfort in his hordes. Pharaoh and all his army will die violently," says the Lord GOD,

Verse ConceptsHuman Comfort

Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceComplacencyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPeace, Human Search ForSecurityThose At EaseWoe To Israel And Jerusalem

Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,“Nineveh is devastated;who will show sympathy to her?”Where can I find anyone to comfort you?

Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyComfortless LivesHuman ComfortLeaving People Alone

Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofReinstatementAfflictions, Consolation DuringPlenty Through GodGod Will ComfortPeace And ComfortImmigrantsSpreading The GospelWealth And Prosperityjerusalemzion

But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersFaith, And Blessings Of GodMiracles, Responses ToComfort, Sources OfTurning RoundHow Healing CameTake Courage!Those Jesus HealedHealing And ComfortFaith And Healingmath

For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfLossRestitutionDonationsFinding ThingsSaving OneselfLosing One's Life

And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningGet Up!Take Courage!

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

Verse ConceptsCompassion, Examples OfBurials, FeaturesVisitingComfort, Of Friends

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Cheer (35 instances)
Comforter (13 instances)
Consolation (31 instances)
Quilt (3 instances)
Solace (3 instances)
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Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּלג 
Balag 
Usage: 4

מבליגית 
Mabliygiyth 
Usage: 1

מנחה מנוּחה 
M@nuwchah 
Usage: 21

נחם נחוּם 
Nichuwm 
Usage: 3

נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 108

נחמה 
Nechamah 
Usage: 2

סעד 
Ca`ad 
Usage: 12

רפד 
Raphad 
Usage: 3

תּנחוּמה תּנחם תּנחוּם 
Tanchuwm 
Usage: 5

εὐψυχέω 
Eupsucheo 
be of good comfort
Usage: 1

θαρσέω 
Tharseo 
be of good cheer , be of good comfort
Usage: 1

ὀρφανός 
Orphanos 
Usage: 1

παρακαλέω 
Parakaleo 
Usage: 102

παράκλησις 
Paraklesis 
Usage: 28

παράκλητος 
Parakletos 
Usage: 1

παραμυθέομαι 
Paramutheomai 
Usage: 4

παραμύθιον 
Paramuthion 
Usage: 1

παρηγορία 
Paregoria 
Usage: 1

συμπαρακαλέω 
Sumparakaleo 
Usage: 1

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