Lexical 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). |