KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 1 Thessalonians 4:18 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Wherefore” | Ὥστε | So too, i.e., thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow) | Wherefore |
| “comfort” | παρακαλεῖτε | To call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation) | comfort |
| “one another” | ἀλλήλους | One another | one another |
| “with” | ἐν | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc | with |
| “these” | τούτοις | To (for, in, with or by) these (persons or things) | these |
| “words.” | λόγοις | Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) | words |
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16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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