What does παραμύθιον (paramýthion) mean in the Bible?
παραμύθιον (paramýthion): Consolation through active encouragement and persuasion, not mere passive comfort or sympathy.
Greek · G3890
παραμύθιον
Consolation (properly, concretely)
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παραμύθιονG3890
Pronunciationparamýthion
What does παραμύθιον (paramýthion) mean in the Bible?
παραμύθιον (paramýthion): Consolation through active encouragement and persuasion, not mere passive comfort or sympathy.
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How does the BSB render G3890?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include comfort (1).
Where does παραμύθιον (paramýthion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 2:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itcomfort1×Philippians 2:1
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First aligned rowPhilippians 2:1
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Philippians1
Source forms
παραμύθιον1xparamythionPhilippians 2:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1xPhilippians 2:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Consolation through active encouragement and persuasion, not mere passive comfort or sympathy.
Strong'sG3890
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
consolation (properly, concretely)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Consolation through active encouragement and persuasion, not mere passive comfort or sympathy.
(παραμυθέομαι) [in LXX: Wis.3:18 * ;]
1an exhortation, persuasion, encouragement: Php.2:1 (cf. Plat., Legg., vi, 773 E, al.; see Lft. and ICC, Phi., l.with).
2assuagement, abatement, hence, consolation (Wis, l.with, and frequently in cl.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 2:1Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
παραμύθιονparamuqion
comfort, consolation
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterPhil 2:11×
Word Origins
παραμύθιον is built from this root:
παραμυθίαG3889