G3890: παραμύθιον (paramýthion)

G3890 παραμύθιον (paramýthion)

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Quick Definition

παραμύθιον, ου, τό n.n. comfort, consolation

Strong's Definition

neuter of 3889; consolation (properly, concretely)

KJV Usage: comfort

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

παραμύθιον (G3890)

noun, n. | -ου | παραμυθέομαι

25.154 · Attitudes and Emotions · Encouragement, Consolation

consolation, encouragement (derivative of παραμυθέομαι ‘to comfort,’ 25.153) that which causes or constitutes the basis for consolation and encouragement

PHP 2:1

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

παραμύθιον, -ov, τό, (παραμυθέομαι), persuasive address : Phil. ii. 1. (consolation, Sap. iii. 18 and often in Grk. writ. [fr. Soph., Thuc., Plat. on].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

παραμύθιον paramythion 1x

gentle cheering, encouragement, Phil. 2:1*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** παραμύθιον, -ου, τό

(< παραμυθέομαι), [in LXX: Wi 3:18*;]

an exhortation, persuasion, encouragement: Phl 2:1 (cf. Plat., Legg., vi, 773 E, al.; v. Lft. and ICC, Phl 2:1).

assuagement, abatement, hence, consolation (Wi 3:18, and freq. in cl.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

παραμύθιον, which in the NT is confined to Phil 21 (cf. Sap 315), is explained by Moule (CG7 ad /.) as meaning ‘‘the converse which draws the mind aside (wapa—) fron care; the aegr7moniae alloguinum of Horace (Zpod. xiii. 18),” much in the sense of our ‘‘solace.”” Cf. P Fler III. 3321° (ii/a.D.) when a mother writes to her son—ypade μοι συνεχῶς περὶ τῆς ὑγίας ὑμῶν, ἵνα ἔχω παραμύθιον τῆς προελεύσεώς (** condition”’) μου. In an epitaph of about Hadrian’s time, Kabel 9514, a son is described as πατρὸς Kal μητρὸς . . παραμύθιον. An adj. παραμυθιακός (not in LS 8) occurs in P Oxy XIV. 163119 (contract for labour in a vineyard—A.D. 280) π]αραμυθιακὴ ἐργασίᾳ. which the editors understand of keeping the vines well tended probably by digging, and quote Geof. ili. 5. 4 (May) παραμυθεῖται yap 6 σκάφος τὴν διψῶσαν ἄμπελον.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

παραμύθιον (paramuthion) — comfort. παραμῡθ-ιον, τό, address, exhortation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; encouragement, τοῦ μὴ φοβεῖσθαι [Refs]

2. assuagement, abatement of, καμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πυρσῶν of the fires of love, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς γὰρ πλουσίοις πολλὰ π. φασιν εἶναι many consolations, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

3. παραμύθια πλησμονῆς stimulants of a sated appetite, [Refs 5th c.BC+]