# συμπάσχω/sumpaschō This word is an action. It is a verb. * This word can mean to suffer with another or to suffer as someone else suffered. * This word can mean to sympathize with those who suffer. This means to understand how another person feels and suffers, and to feel sorrow and compassion for that person. * This word can mean to experience the same thing that someone else experienced. have the same thing happen that happened to someone else. See: Romans 8:17; 1 Corinthians 12:26