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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)
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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.)
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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 88 times in 81 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 24:67–Isa 33:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. Thus, Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 -

And [fn]after a considerable time, Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Then Judah was comforted, and he went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - “So now, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke to their heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 -

“In Your lovingkindness You have guided the people whom You have redeemed;

In Your strength You have led them to Your holy habitation.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - ‘But command Joshua and strengthen him and encourage him, for he shall go across [fn]at the head of this people, and he will cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 -

“If your brother, your mother’s son, or your son or daughter, or the wife [fn]you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 -

“For Yahweh will render justice to His people,

And will have compassion on His slaves,

When He sees that their [fn]strength is gone,

And there is none remaining, bond or free.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - Now when Yahweh raised up judges for them, Yahweh was with the judge and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for Yahweh was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and suppressed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people were sorry for Benjamin because Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken to the heart of your servant-woman, though I am not like one of your servant-women.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4 - Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the fortress.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - So David said, “I will show lovingkindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed lovingkindness to me.” So David sent to comfort him concerning his father by the hand of his servants. And David’s servants came to the land of the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “In your eyes, is David honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:24 -

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and [fn]he named him Solomon. Now Yahweh loved him

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And the heart of King David was consumed with going out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he had died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - Then the angel sent forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, and Yahweh [fn]relented of the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!” And the angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - So David said, “I will show lovingkindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed lovingkindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “In your eyes, is David honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 -

Now it happened on the third day, that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s house in front of the king’s [fn]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the [fn]throne room, opposite the entrance to his house.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:2 - Now it happened that when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she advanced in favor in his eyes; and the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand. So Esther came near and [fn]reached out and touched the top of the scepter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 -

Then Job’s three friends heard of all this calamity that had come upon him. So they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to console him and comfort him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:3 -

“Behold, you have disciplined many,

And you have strengthened limp hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 -

“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me;

My couch will [fn]ease my bitter musing,’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 -

“How then will you vainly comfort me,

Indeed when your answers remain full of [fn]falsehood?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 -

“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,

And dwelt as their head among the troops,

As one who comforted the mourners.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the calamity that Yahweh had brought on him. And each one gave him one [fn]qesitah, and each a ring of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 -

Even though I walk through the [fn]valley of the shadow of death,

I fear no [fn]evil, for You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20 -

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.

And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none,

And for comforters, but I found none.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 -

May You increase my greatness

And turn to comfort me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 -

In the day of my distress I sought the Lord;

In the night my hand was stretched out [fn]without weariness;

My soul refused to be comforted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 -

[fn]Show me a sign for good,

That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,

Because You, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 -

Return, O Yahweh; how long will it be?

And [fn]be sorry for Your slaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:50 -

This is my comfort in my affliction,

That Your word has [fn]revived me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:52 -

I have remembered Your judgments from [fn]of old, O Yahweh,

And comfort myself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 -

Oh may Your lovingkindness [fn]comfort me,

According to Your [fn]word to Your slave.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 -

My eyes fail with longing for Your [fn]word,

Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1 -

A Song of Ascents.

When Yahweh [fn]returned [fn]the captive ones of Zion,

We were like those who dream.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:14 -

For Yahweh will render justice for His people

And will give comfort to His slaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 -

My son, if sinners entice you,

Do not be willing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 -

“To you, O men, I call,

And my voice is to the sons of men.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 -

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:31 -

Madmenah has fled.

The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:32 -

Yet today he will stand at Nob;

He shakes his fist at the mountain of the [fn]daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:2 -

Lift up a standard on the [fn]bare hill,

Heighten your voice at them,

Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 -

A harsh vision has been declared to me;

The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.

Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;

I have made an end of all [fn]the groaning she has caused.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 -

Therefore I say, “Turn your gaze away from me,

Let me weep bitterly,

Do not insist on comforting me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7 -

Behold, their brave men cry in [fn]the streets;

The messengers of peace weep bitterly.


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