Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected. 2. (v. i.) To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain. 3. (v. i.) To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize. 4. (v. t.) To experience together. 5. (v. t.) To answer to; to correspond to.

Multi-Version Concordance Sympathize (3 Occurrences) Hebrews 4:15 for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but 'one' tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin; (See NAS RSV NIV) 1 Peter 3:8 In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded, (WEY) Job 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him. (WEB NAS NIV)