Sympatheo means “have compassion” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4834 — marats (“embolden”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4834 συμπαθέω (sumpatheo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sumpatheo (soom-path-eh'-o) v. 1. to feel "sympathy" with 2. (by implication) to commiserate It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include our, high, priest, cannot, and touched. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
sumpatheo (soom-path-eh'-o) v. 1. to feel "sympathy" with 2. (by implication) to commiserate [from G4835] KJV: have compassion, be touched with a feeling of Root(s): G4835
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4834. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to sympathize
Usage: συν-παθέω (Rec. συμπ-), -ῶ, [in LXX: 4Ma.5:25 AR 4Ma.13:23 * ;] to have a fellow feeling for or with, sympathize with or in: with dative of thing(s), Heb.4:15; dative of person(s), Heb.10:34 (Arist., Plut., al.).† (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
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Strong's G4834 (συμπαθέω) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Wherefore it is that we eat not the unclean; for believing that the law was established by God, we are convinced that the Creator of the world, in giving his laws, sympathizes with our nature.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4834.
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
Wherefore it is that we eat not the unclean; for believing that the law was established by God, we are convinced that the Creator of the world, in giving his laws, sympathizes with our nature.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4834, grouped by book.
Sympatheo (Strong's G4834) is a Greek word most simply glossed "have compassion". sumpatheo (soom-path-eh'-o) v. 1. to feel "sympathy" with 2. (by implication) to commiserate
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G4834 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4834 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as our, high, priest, cannot, touched, and feeling. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4834, with linked reader references where each row is available.
