As to the difference between “encourage ” and“ console, ” Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words explains that the Greek word translated “console ” denotes“ a greater degree of tenderness than [encourage]. ” ​ — Compare John 11: 19.
يَذْكُرُ قَامُوسُ ڤَايْنَ ٱلتَّفْسِيرِيُّ لِكَلِمَاتِ ٱلْعَهْدَيْنِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ وَٱلْجَدِيدِ ‏ (‏ بِٱلْإِنْكِلِيزِيَّةِ )‏ أَنَّ ٱلْكَلِمَةَ ٱلْيُونَانِيَّةَ ٱلْمُتَرْجَمَةَ إِلَى « يُعَزِّي » تَدُلُّ عَلَى « ٱلرِّقَّةِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كَلِمَةِ [يُشَجِّعُ] » .‏ —‏ قَارِنْ يوحنا ١١ :‏ ١٩‏ .‏