Lexical Definition

‎παρηγορία‎ parēgoría (par-ay-gor-ee'-ah) comfort ^G:N-F
from a compound of ‎παρά‎ and a derivative of ‎ἀγορά‎ (meaning to harangue an assembly)

comfort.

• an address alongside, i.e. (specially), consolation

Abbott-Smith

** παρηγορία, -ας, ἡ (< παρηγορέω, to address, exhort, console), [in LXX: IV Mac 5:12 6:1*;]
1. an address, exhortation (LXX, IV Mac 5:12 6:1).
2. comfort, consolation: Col 4:11.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

παρηγορία-ία,

Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, exhortation, persuasion, [παρηγορίαίαις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 95 (\_anapaest meter\_) ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἴση παρηγορίαία, ={ἰσηγορία}, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

__2 surname, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II consolation, τοῦ πένθους [Refs 1st c.AD+]; υἱοῖο for his loss, [Refs]; ὁδευόντων π., of the moon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 assuagement, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]