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Lexicon :: Strong's G3870 - parakaleō

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παρακαλέω
Transliteration
parakaleō (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ak-al-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
109x in 34 unique form(s)
TR
108x in 34 unique form(s)
LXX
88x in 37 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:773,778

Strong’s Definitions

παρακαλέω parakaléō, par-ak-al-eh'-o; from G3844 and G2564; to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation):—beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x

The KJV translates Strong's G3870 in the following manner: beseech (43x), comfort (23x), exhort (21x), desire (8x), pray (6x), intreat (3x), miscellaneous (4x), variations of 'besought' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x
The KJV translates Strong's G3870 in the following manner: beseech (43x), comfort (23x), exhort (21x), desire (8x), pray (6x), intreat (3x), miscellaneous (4x), variations of 'besought' (1x).
  1. to call to one's side, call for, summon

  2. to address, speak to, (call to, call upon), which may be done in the way of exhortation, entreaty, comfort, instruction, etc.

    1. to admonish, exhort

    2. to beg, entreat, beseech

      1. to strive to appease by entreaty

    3. to console, to encourage and strengthen by consolation, to comfort

      1. to receive consolation, be comforted

    4. to encourage, strengthen

    5. exhorting and comforting and encouraging

    6. to instruct, teach

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παρακαλέω parakaléō, par-ak-al-eh'-o; from G3844 and G2564; to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation):—beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.
STRONGS G3870:
παρακαλέω, παρακαλῶ; imperfect 3 person singular παρεκάλει, 1 and 3 person plural παρεκάλουν; 1 aorist παρεκάλεσα; passive, present παρακαλοῦμαι; perfect παρακέκλημαι; 1 aorist παρεκλήθην; 1 future παρακληθήσομαι; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
I. as in Greek writings to call to one's side, call for, summon: τινα, with an infinitive indicating the purpose, Acts 28:20 (others (less naturally) refer this to II. 2, making the accusative the subjunctive of the infinitive).
II. to address, speak to (call to, call on), which may be done in the way of exhortation, entreaty, comfort, instruction, etc.; hence, result a variety of senses, on which see Knapp, Scripto varii arg. edition 2, p. 117ff; cf. Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, i., p. 32f.
1. as in Greek authors, to admonish, exhort: absolutely, Luke 3:18; (Acts 20:1 (R G omit)); Romans 12:8; 2 Timothy 4:2; Hebrews 10:25; 1 Peter 5:12; followed by direct discourse, 2 Corinthians 5:20; followed by λέγων with direct discourse, Acts 2:40; followed by an infinitive where in Latinut, 1 Timothy 2:1; τινα, Acts 15:32; Acts 16:40; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:12 (1 Thessalonians 2:11); 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Timothy 5:1; Hebrews 3:13; τινα λόγῳ πολλῷ, Acts 20:2; ἰντα followed by direct discourse, 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Hebrews 13:22 (here L WH marginal reading infinitive); 1 Peter 5:1f; τινα followed by an infinitive where in Latinut (cf. Buttmann, §§ 140, 1; 141, 2; Winer's Grammar, 332 (311); 335 (315) n.): infinitive present, Acts 11:23; Acts 14:22; Philippians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:10; Titus 2:6; 1 Peter 2:11 (here Lachmann adds ὑμᾶς to the infinitive, and WH meg. with manuscripts A C L etc. read ἀπέχεσθε); Jude 1:3; infinitive aorist, Acts 27:33; Romans 12:1; Romans 15:30; 2 Corinthians 2:8; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Ephesians 4:1; 1 Timothy 1:3; Hebrews 13:19; τινα followed by ἵνα with subjunctive (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 42; Winer's Grammar, 335 as above), 1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:12; to enjoin a thing by exhortation (cf. Buttmann, § 141, 2), 1 Timothy 6:2; Titus 2:15.
2. to beg, entreat, beseech (Josephus, Antiquities 6, 7, 4; (11, 8, 5); often in Epictetus cf. Schweighäuser, Index graecit. Epictetus, p. 411; Plutarch, apophth. regum, Mor. ii, p. 30, Tauchn. edition (vi. 695 edition Reiske; examples from Polybius, Diodorus, Philo, others, in Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word); not thus in the earlier Greek authors except where the gods are called on for aid, in the expressions, παρακαλεῖν Θεούς, so Θεόν in Josephus, Antiquities 6, 2, 2 and 7, 4; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 22)): (absolutely, Philemon 1:9 (yet see the commentaries at the passage)); τινα, Matthew 8:5; Matthew 18:32; Matthew 26:53; Mark 1:40; Acts 16:9; 2 Corinthians 12:18; πολλά, much, Mark 5:23: τινα περί τίνος, Philemon 1:10; followed by direct discourse, Acts 9:38 L T Tr WH with λέγων added and direct discourse, Matthew 18:29; Mark 5:12; (Luke 7:4 (Tdf. ἠρώτων)); without the accusative. Acts 16:15; τινα followed by an infinitive (Winers Grammar, and Buttmann's Grammar, as above), Mark 5:17; Luke 8:41; Acts 8:31; Acts 19:31; Acts 28:14 (1 Macc. 9:35); τινα followed by ὅπως, Matthew 8:34 (here Lachmann ἵνα (see above)); Acts 25:2 (4 Macc. 4:11; Plutarch, Demetr c. 38); τινα followed by ἵνα (Winers Grammar, § 44, 8 a.; Buttmann, § 139, 42), Matthew 14:36; Mark 5:18; Mark 6:56; Mark 7:32; Mark 8:22; Luke 8:31f; (2 Corinthians 9:5); τινα ὑπέρ τίνος, ἵνα, 2 Corinthians 12:8; πολλά (much) τινα, ἵνα, Mark 5:10; 1 Corinthians 16:12; followed by τοῦ μή with an infinitive (Buttmann, § 140, 16 δ.; Winer's Grammar, 325 (305)), Acts 21:12; by an infinitive Acts 9:38 R G; by an accusative with an infinitive, Acts 13:42; Acts 24:4; (Romans 16:17). to strive to appease by entreaty: absolutely, 1 Corinthians 4:13; τινα, Luke 15:28; Acts 16:39 (2 Macc. 13:23).
3. to console, to encourage and strengthen by consolation, to comfort, (the Sept. for נִחַם; very rarely so in Greek authors, as Plutarch, Oth. 16): absolutely, 2 Corinthians 2:7; τινα, 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 7:6f; ἐν with a dative of the thing with which one comforts another, 1 Thessalonians 4:18; τινα διά παρακλήσεως, 2 Corinthians 1:4; with an accusative of the contents, διά τῆς παρακληθῆναι ἧς (for ἥν, see ὅς, , , II. 2 c. α.) παρακαλούμεθα, ibid.; in the passive, to receive consolation, be comforted, Matthew 2:18; 2 Corinthians 13:11; ἐπί τίνι over (in) a thing (see ἐπί, B. 2 a. δ.), 2 Corinthians 1:4; of the consolation (comfort) given not in words but by the experience of a happier lot or by a happy issue, equivalent to to refresh, cheer: passive, Matthew 5:4 (5); Luke 16:25; Acts 20:12; 2 Corinthians 7:13 (where a full stop must be put after παρακεκλήμεθα; ἐν τίνι, by the help of a thing, 2 Corinthians 7:6f; ἐπί τίνι, 1 Thessalonians 3:7; with (ἐν) παρακλήσει added, 2 Corinthians 7:7.
4. to encourage, strengthen (i. e. in the language of A. V. comfort (see Wright, Bible Word-Book, 2nd edition, under the word)) (in faith, piety, hope): τάς καρδίας, your hearts, Ephesians 6:22; Colossians 2:2; Colossians 4:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:17, (also χεῖρας ἀσθενεῖς, Job 4:3 for חִזַק; γόνατα παραλελυμένα, Isaiah 35:3f (see the Hebrew) for אִמֵּץ).
5. it combines the ideas of exhorting and comforting and encouraging in Romans 12:8; 1 Corinthians 14:31; 1 Thessalonians 3:2.
6. to instruct, teach: ἐν τῇ διδασκαλία, Titus 1:9. (Compare: συμπαρακαλέω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
4:3
Isaiah
35:3
Matthew
2:18; 5:4; 8:5; 8:34; 14:36; 18:29; 18:32; 26:53
Mark
1:40; 5:10; 5:12; 5:17; 5:18; 5:23; 6:56; 7:32; 8:22
Luke
3:18; 7:4; 8:31; 8:41; 15:28; 16:25
Acts
2:40; 8:31; 9:38; 9:38; 11:23; 13:42; 14:22; 15:32; 16:9; 16:15; 16:39; 16:40; 19:31; 20:1; 20:2; 20:12; 21:12; 24:4; 25:2; 27:33; 28:14; 28:20
Romans
12:1; 12:8; 12:8; 15:30; 16:17
1 Corinthians
1:10; 4:13; 4:16; 14:31; 16:12; 16:15
2 Corinthians
1:4; 1:4; 1:6; 2:7; 2:8; 5:20; 6:1; 7:6; 7:6; 7:7; 7:13; 8:6; 9:5; 10:1; 12:8; 12:18; 13:11
Ephesians
4:1; 6:22
Philippians
4:2
Colossians
2:2; 4:8
1 Thessalonians
2:11; 2:12; 3:2; 3:7; 4:1; 4:10; 4:18; 5:11; 5:14
2 Thessalonians
2:17; 3:12
1 Timothy
1:3; 2:1; 5:1; 6:2
2 Timothy
4:2
Titus
1:9; 2:6; 2:15
Philemon
1:9; 1:10
Hebrews
3:13; 10:25; 13:19; 13:22
1 Peter
2:11; 5:1; 5:12
Jude
1:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3870 matches the Greek παρακαλέω (parakaleō),
which occurs 109 times in 105 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 2:18–Rom 15:30)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:18 -

A voice was heard in Ramah,

weeping,[fn] and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children;

and she refused to be consoled,

because they are no more.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:4 -

“Blessed are those who mourn,

for they will be comforted.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:5 -

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:31 -

“If you drive us out,” the demons begged him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:34 -

At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:36 -

They begged him that they might only touch the end of his robe, and as many as touched it were healed.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:29 -

“At this, his fellow servant fell down[fn] and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:32 -

“Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:53 -

“Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and he will provide me here and now with more than twelve legions of angels?

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Then a man with leprosy[fn] came to him and, on his knees,[fn] begged him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

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And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.

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The demons[fn] begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

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Then they began to beg him to leave their region.

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As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him.

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and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well[fn] and live.”

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Wherever he went, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch just the end of his robe. And everyone who touched it was healed.

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They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking and begged Jesus to lay his hand on him.

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They came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:18 -

Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:4 -

When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for you to grant this,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:31 -

And they begged him not to banish them to the abyss.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:32 -

A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside. The demons begged him to permit them to enter the pigs, and he gave them permission.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:41 -

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’s feet and pleaded with him to come to his house,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:28 -

“Then he became angry and didn’t want to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:25 -

“ ‘Son,’[fn] Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:40 -

With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt[fn] generation! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:31 -

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me? ” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him who urged him, “Don’t delay in coming with us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:23 -

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:42 -

As they were leaving, the people[fn] urged them to speak about these matters the following Sabbath.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 -

strengthening the[fn] disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:32 -

Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and sisters and strengthened them with a long message.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:9 -

During the night Paul had a vision in which a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:15 -

After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

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So they came to appease them, and escorting them from prison, they urged them to leave town.

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After leaving the jail, they came to Lydia’s house, where they saw and encouraged the brothers and sisters, and departed.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 -

Even some of the provincial officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, pleading with him not to venture[fn] into the amphitheater.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:1 -

After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:2 -

And when he had passed through those areas and offered them many words of encouragement, he came to Greece

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:12 -

They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:12 -

When we heard this, both we and the local people pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:4 -

“But, so that I will not burden you any further, I request that you would be kind enough to give us a brief hearing.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:2 -

The chief priests and the leaders of the Jews presented their case against Paul to him; and they appealed,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:33 -

When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:34 -

“So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:14 -

There we found brothers and sisters and were invited to stay a week with them. And so we came to Rome.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 -

“For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:1 -

Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 -

if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:30 -

Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to God on my behalf.


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