# συμπαθέω/sumpatheō
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 

* This word can mean to sympathize with another person. This means to understand how another person feels and suffers, and to feel sorrow and compassion for that person.
* This word can mean to share the same kind of feeling that another person has. 

See:  Hebrews 4:15; 10:34

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.