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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.)
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 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; so Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - Then all his sons and all his daughters got up 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 -

Now [fn]after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when [fn]the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - “So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted them and spoke [fn]kindly to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 -

“In Your [fn]faithfulness You have led the people whom You have redeemed;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - ‘But commission Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him, for he shall go across [fn]leading this people, and he will give to them, as an inheritance, 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 like your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 -

“For the LORD will vindicate His people,

And will have compassion on His servants,

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

And there is none remaining, bond or free.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who tormented and oppressed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin, and said, “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people were sorry for Benjamin, because the LORD had created a gap in the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, “I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken [fn]kindly to your servant, though I am not like one of your female servants.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4 - Then he [fn]left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent [fn]some of his servants to console him about his father. But when David’s servants came to the land of the Ammonites,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the commanders of the Ammonites said to their lord Hanun, “[fn]Do you think that David is simply honoring your father since he has sent you servants [fn]to console you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to explore 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 slept with her; and she gave birth to a son, and [fn]he named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved him,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And the heart of King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted regarding Amnon, since he was dead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - When the angel extended his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now drop your hand!” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the commanders among the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “[fn]Do you think that David is honoring your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Have his servants not come to you to search, to demolish, and to spy out the land?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 -

Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace 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 the palace.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:2 - When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the courtyard, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 -

Now when Job’s three friends heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, 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 sympathize with him and comfort him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:3 -

“Behold, you have taught many,

And you have strengthened weak hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 -

“If I say, ‘My couch will comfort me,

My bed will [fn]ease my complaint,’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 -

“So how dare you give me empty comfort?

For your answers remain nothing but falsehood!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 -

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

And lived as a king among the troops,

As one who comforted the mourners.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they sympathized with him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him a [fn]piece of money, 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 -

Disgrace has broken my heart, and I am so sick.

And I waited 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 trouble I sought the Lord;

In the night my hand was stretched out and did not grow weary;

My soul refused to be comforted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 -

Show me a sign of good,

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

Because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 -

Do return, LORD; how long will it be?

And [fn]be sorry for Your servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:50 -

This is my comfort in my misery,

That Your word has [fn]revived me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:52 -

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

And comfort myself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 -

May Your favor [fn]comfort me,

According to Your [fn]word to Your servant.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 -

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

[fn]While I say, “When will You comfort me?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1 -

A Song of Ascents.

When the LORD brought back [fn]the captives of Zion,

We were like those who dream.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:14 -

For the LORD will judge His people

And will have compassion on His servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 -

My son, if sinners entice you,

Do not consent.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 -

“To you, people, I call,

And my voice is to [fn]mankind.

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 power was on the side of their oppressors, 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 halt 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 flag on the [fn]bare hill,

Raise your voice to them,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 -

A harsh vision has been shown to me;

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

Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;

I have put an end to all [fn]the groaning she has caused.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 -

Therefore I say, “Look away from me,

Let me weep bitterly,

Do not [fn]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7 -

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

The [fn]ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.


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