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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling.

2. (n.) An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them.

3. (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

4. (n.) The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.

5. (n.) That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria.

6. (n.) A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron.

7. (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like.

Greek

4698. splagchnon -- the inward parts (heart, liver, lungs, etc.) ...
... 4698 -- properly, the internal organs ("viscera"); (figuratively) "" ( feelings);
the capacity to feel deep emotions (sympathy, empathy, etc.). ...
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4834. sumpatheo -- to have a fellow feeling with, ie sympathize ...
... Word Origin from sumpathes Definition to have a fellow feeling with, ie sympathize
with NASB Word Usage showed sympathy (1), sympathize (1). ...
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4697. splagchnizomai -- to be moved in the inward parts, ie to ...
... have compassion. Middle voice from splagchnon; to have the bowels yearn, ie
(figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity -- have (be moved with) compassion. ...
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3627. oiktiro -- to pity, to have compassion on
... Cognate: 3627 properly, to respond with deep sensitivity (compassion, sympathy).
This term is only used of the Lord in the NT (both time in Ro 9:15). ...
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3888. paramutheomai -- to encourge, comfort
... 3888 (derived from 3844 , "from close-beside" and , " speaking") -- properly, that
shows sympathy (encouragement), cheering someone up by speech with a " touch ...
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4818. sullupeo -- to be moved to grief with (pass.)
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sullupeo Phonetic Spelling: (sool-loop-eh'-
o) Short Definition: I am grieved Definition: I am moved to grief by sympathy. ...
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5424. phren -- midriff, heart, mind, thought
... obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb; compare phrasso); the midrif (as a partition
of the body), ie (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings ...
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2155. eusplagchnos -- tenderhearted, compassionate
... derived from 2095 , "good" and 4698, "the visceral organs") -- properly, the visceral
organs ("") as they exercise positive sympathy (empathy, compassion ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5110. nud -- to move to and fro, wander, flutter, show grief
... 1), consoled (1), drive away (1), flee (2), flitting (1), grieve (1), grieving
(1), mourn (4), shake (2), shaken (1), sympathize (1), sympathy (1), totters (1 ...
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4578. meeh -- internal organs, inward parts, belly
... From an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines,
or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a ...
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4263. machmal -- a thing pitied, an object of compassion
... pitieth From chamal; properly, sympathy; (by paronomasia with machmad) delight --
pitieth. see HEBREW chamal. see HEBREW machmad. 4262, 4263. machmal. 4263a ...
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Library

The Sympathy of God
... THE SYMPATHY OF GOD. 'In all their ... the former. And what a deep and wonderful
thought that is, of divine sympathy with human sorrow! We ...
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Home-Sympathy.
... CHAPTER XIV. HOME-SYMPATHY. ... Where shall we find a more exquisite picture of
home-sympathy than this, from the pen of that truly pious woman, Hannah More! ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/philips/the christian home/chapter xiv home-sympathy.htm

Eleventh Day. Sympathy.
... Eleventh Day. SYMPATHY. "Jesus wept.""John, xi.35. It is an affecting thing to see
a Great man in tears! ... Ah, was there ever sympathy like this! Son! Brother! ...
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The Sympathy of the Two Worlds
... The Sympathy of the Two Worlds. A Sermon (No.203). Delivered ... I. In the first place,
our text teaches us THE SYMPATHY OF THE TWO WORLDS. Imagine ...
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Sympathy of the Dead. November 1.
... Sympathy of the Dead. November 1. Believe that those who are gone are nearer
us than ever; and that if (as I surely believe) they ...
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Want of Sympathy. May 5.
... Want of Sympathy. May 5. If we do not understand our fellow-creatures
we shall never love them. And it is equally true, that if ...
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Elizabethtown. CM The Sympathy of Jesus.
... 155 Elizabethtown. CM The Sympathy of Jesus. The Sympathy of Jesus. (338)
Come, let us join in songs of praise To our ascended Priest ...
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Christian Sympathy
... Christian Sympathy. ... Practical sympathy is my aim; I trust your liberality, at the
end of the sermon, will prove that I have hit the center of my target. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/christian sympathy.htm

Whether Pain or Sorrow are Assuaged by the Sympathy of Friends?
... OF THE REMEDIES OF SORROW OR PAIN (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether pain or sorrow
are assuaged by the sympathy of friends? Objection 1: It ...
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Conflict and Comfort.
... blessings begin to abound. "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth.".
Prayer also implies sympathy. The Apostle was praying ...
/.../thomas/the prayers of st paul/vi conflict and comfort.htm

Thesaurus

Sympathy (15 Occurrences)
... or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in
accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them. ...
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Communicate (7 Occurrences)
... to. 5. (vi) To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have
sympathy. 6. (vi) To give alms, sympathy, or aid. 7. (vi ...
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Consent (34 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONSENT.
kon-sent': The verb implies compliance with the guidance ...
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Sympathetic (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy. 3. (a.) Produced by sympathy; --
applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy. ...
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Nahash (9 Occurrences)
... of the same name is mentioned, who showed kindness to David during his wanderings
(2 Samuel 10:2). On his death David sent an embassy of sympathy to Hanun, his ...
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Pity (165 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy
with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration ...
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Commune (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To converse together with sympathy and confidence;
to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel. ...
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Sadducees (14 Occurrences)
... When the chacidhim, having lost sympathy with the Maccabeans, sought to reconcile
themselves to the priestly party, Alcimus, the legitimate high priest, by his ...
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Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... Without this testing of His obedience He could have had the sympathy of clear and
accurate knowledge, for He "knew what was in man," but He would have lacked ...
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Sodomite (1 Occurrence)
... the divine love and providence for believers are exercised, neither automatically
or impersonally, but in virtue of a constant personal sympathy for varying ...
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Bible Concordance

Sympathy (15 Occurrences)

John 11:19 and a considerable number of the Jews were with Martha and Mary, having come to express sympathy with them on the death of their brother.
(WEY)

Romans 7:22 For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;
(WEY)

Romans 12:16 Have full sympathy with one another. Do not give your mind to high things, but let humble ways content you. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
(WEY)

Romans 15:5 And may God, the giver of power of endurance and of that encouragement, grant you to be in full sympathy with one another in accordance with the example of Christ Jesus,
(WEY)

Philippians 2:1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
(See RSV)

Hebrews 10:34 For you not only showed sympathy with those who were imprisoned, but you even submitted with joy when your property was taken from you, being well aware that you have in your own selves a more valuable possession and one which will remain.
(WEY NAS)

1 Peter 3:8 In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded,
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 10:2 David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me." So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 10:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn't David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?"
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 19:2 David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me." So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, "Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven't his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?"
(See NIV)

Job 42:11 Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
(See RSV)

Psalms 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 16:5 For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.
(See NIV)

Daniel 1:9 Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Sympathy

Sympathy: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Communicate (7 Occurrences)

Consent (34 Occurrences)

Sympathetic (1 Occurrence)

Nahash (9 Occurrences)

Pity (165 Occurrences)

Commune (7 Occurrences)

Sadducees (14 Occurrences)