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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_102295" /> == | |||
<p> (adv.) In a comfortable or comforting manner. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2735" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' kum´fẽr ''''' - ''''' ta ''''' - ''''' bli ''''' ( על־לב , <i> ''''' ‛al lēbh ''''' </i> , "to the heart"): "To speak to the heart," i.e. to speak kindly, to console, to comfort, is the ordinary [[Hebrew]] expression for wooing: e.g. [[Boaz]] spake "to the heart" of Ruth (Rth 2:13 margin; the King James Version "friendly," the Revised Version (British and American) "kindly"). The beauty of the Hebrew term is illustrated in Genesis 50:21 where [[Joseph]] "spake kindly" unto his brethren, winning them from fear to confidence. Rendered "comfortably" in five passages: thrice of human speaking, and twice of the tenderness of God's address to His people. David was urged to win back the hearts of the people by kind words: "speak comfortably" ( 2 Samuel 19:7 ). [[Hezekiah]] in like manner comforted the [[Levites]] ( 2 Chronicles 30:22 ) and encouraged his captains ( 2 Chronicles 32:6 ). The term has exceptional wealth of meaning in connection with God's message of grace and forgiveness to His redeemed people. The compassionate love that has atoned for their sins speaks <i> to the heart </i> ("comfortably") of Jerusalem, saying "that her iniquity is pardoned" ( Isaiah 40:2 ). The same promise of forgiveness is given to the penitent nation by the prophet Hosea ( Hosea 2:14 ); "comfortable words" ( Zechariah 1:13 ), i.e. words affording comfort. </p> | <p> ''''' kum´fẽr ''''' - ''''' ta ''''' - ''''' bli ''''' ( על־לב , <i> ''''' ‛al lēbh ''''' </i> , "to the heart"): "To speak to the heart," i.e. to speak kindly, to console, to comfort, is the ordinary [[Hebrew]] expression for wooing: e.g. [[Boaz]] spake "to the heart" of Ruth (Rth 2:13 margin; the King James Version "friendly," the Revised Version (British and American) "kindly"). The beauty of the Hebrew term is illustrated in Genesis 50:21 where [[Joseph]] "spake kindly" unto his brethren, winning them from fear to confidence. Rendered "comfortably" in five passages: thrice of human speaking, and twice of the tenderness of God's address to His people. David was urged to win back the hearts of the people by kind words: "speak comfortably" ( 2 Samuel 19:7 ). [[Hezekiah]] in like manner comforted the [[Levites]] ( 2 Chronicles 30:22 ) and encouraged his captains ( 2 Chronicles 32:6 ). The term has exceptional wealth of meaning in connection with God's message of grace and forgiveness to His redeemed people. The compassionate love that has atoned for their sins speaks <i> to the heart </i> ("comfortably") of Jerusalem, saying "that her iniquity is pardoned" ( Isaiah 40:2 ). The same promise of forgiveness is given to the penitent nation by the prophet Hosea ( Hosea 2:14 ); "comfortable words" ( Zechariah 1:13 ), i.e. words affording comfort. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:03, 16 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(adv.) In a comfortable or comforting manner.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
kum´fẽr - ta - bli ( על־לב , ‛al lēbh , "to the heart"): "To speak to the heart," i.e. to speak kindly, to console, to comfort, is the ordinary Hebrew expression for wooing: e.g. Boaz spake "to the heart" of Ruth (Rth 2:13 margin; the King James Version "friendly," the Revised Version (British and American) "kindly"). The beauty of the Hebrew term is illustrated in Genesis 50:21 where Joseph "spake kindly" unto his brethren, winning them from fear to confidence. Rendered "comfortably" in five passages: thrice of human speaking, and twice of the tenderness of God's address to His people. David was urged to win back the hearts of the people by kind words: "speak comfortably" ( 2 Samuel 19:7 ). Hezekiah in like manner comforted the Levites ( 2 Chronicles 30:22 ) and encouraged his captains ( 2 Chronicles 32:6 ). The term has exceptional wealth of meaning in connection with God's message of grace and forgiveness to His redeemed people. The compassionate love that has atoned for their sins speaks to the heart ("comfortably") of Jerusalem, saying "that her iniquity is pardoned" ( Isaiah 40:2 ). The same promise of forgiveness is given to the penitent nation by the prophet Hosea ( Hosea 2:14 ); "comfortable words" ( Zechariah 1:13 ), i.e. words affording comfort.
