Comfort: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Comfort means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. On this page you will also find search and cross-referencing tools.
In Christianity
General definition (in Christianity)
Comfort definition and references: –See Affliction, Consolation In
–See Righteous, Promises To
Comfort refers to:—from late Lat. confortare , ‘to strengthen,’ ‘reinforce,’ denoted in old Eng. ( a ) physical, or ( b ) mental refreshment of an active kind ( invigoration, encouragement ) obsolete meanings. In modern use it denotes ( c ) mental refreshment of the softer kind ( consolation ). Sense ( a ) appears in Genesis 18:6 , Judges 19:5; Judges 19:8 , Song of Solomon 2:5; ( c ) elsewhere in OT. In NT, ‘comfort’ usually represents a Gr. verb and noun, common in Paul, which include any kind of animating address; in this connexion the sense ( b ) prevails, as in Acts 9:31; Acts 16:40 , Romans 1:12; Romans 15:4 , 2 Corinthians 13:11 etc.; the tenderer signification ( c ) appears in Matthew 5:4 , 2 Corinthians 1:3 ff. etc. For the above Gr. noun , however, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] fourteen times writes ‘ consolation’ (interchanging ‘comfort’ and ‘consolation’ in 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 ), alike in senses ( b ) and ( c ): this RV [Note: Revised Version.] replaces seven times (in Paul) by ‘comfort.’ ‘Comfort’ is also in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] the rendering of a second and rarer group of Gr. words denoting consolation (in sorrow): so in John 11:19; Joh 11:31 , 1 Corinthians 14:3 , and Philippians 2:1 (cf. AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.
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Search found 408 books and stories containing Comfort, Comforts; (plurals include: Comforts, Comfortses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Does God Comfort You When You Are Sad? Religious Diversity in... < [Volume 14, Issue 9 (2023)]
Moral Visions in Medieval Muslim Interpretations of Sūra 102... < [Volume 13, Issue 1 (2022)]
Developing Christ as Consolatory Example in the Christ Encomium < [Volume 15, Issue 5 (2024)]
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 27.23 < [Chapter 27 - The Character of the Drekkana]
Verse 11.15 < [Chapter 11 - Raja Yoga]
Verse 11.14 < [Chapter 11 - Raja Yoga]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
Towards a Holistic Model Explaining Hearing Protection Device Use among Workers < [Volume 19, Issue 9 (2022)]
The Mediating Role of Perceived Comfort between Workplace Attachment Style... < [Volume 20, Issue 7 (2023)]
Effect of Birdsong Soundscape on Perceived Restorativeness in an Urban Park < [Volume 17, Issue 16 (2020)]
R. K. Narayan’s “The Painter of Signs” < [July – September, 1988]
The Disease < [July – September, 2008]
Mandavi < [October 1948]
Expositions of Holy Scripture (by Alexander Maclaren)
Everlasting consolation and good hope < [Thessalonians (second book)]
Paul and epaphroditus < [Philippians]