Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Compassionate; affectionate; feeling for the pain of others. 2. (a.) Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy. 3. (a.) Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy. 4. (a.) of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervous system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.

Multi-Version Concordance Sympathetic (1 Occurrence) 1 Peter 3:8 In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded, (See NAS NIV)