Definition

to relate near, i.e. (by implication) encourage, console

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and the middle voice of a derivative of G3454 (μῦθος);

Word family

• παρά pará
• μῦθος mŷthos

How the KJV renders it

• comfort

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.