Help QuickNav Adv. Options
HNV

HNV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G3874 - paraklēsis

Choose a new font size and typeface
παράκλησις
Transliteration
paraklēsis (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ak'-lay-sis
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:773,778

Strong’s Definitions

παράκλησις paráklēsis, par-ak'-lay-sis; from G3870; imploration, hortation, solace:—comfort, consolation, exhortation, intreaty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G3874 in the following manner: consolation (14x), exhortation (8x), comfort (6x), intreaty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G3874 in the following manner: consolation (14x), exhortation (8x), comfort (6x), intreaty (1x).

  1. a calling near, summons, (esp. for help)

  2. [imploration]1, supplication, entreaty

  3. exhortation, admonition, encouragement

  4. consolation, comfort, solace; that which affords comfort or refreshment

    1. thus of the Messianic salvation (so the Rabbis call the Messiah the consoler, the comforter)

  5. persuasive discourse, stirring address

    1. instructive, admonitory, conciliatory, powerful hortatory discourse


1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the original document incorrectly stating "importation".]

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παράκλησις paráklēsis, par-ak'-lay-sis; from G3870; imploration, hortation, solace:—comfort, consolation, exhortation, intreaty.
STRONGS G3874:
παράκλησις, παρακλήσεως, ἡ (παρακαλέω, which see);
1. properly, a calling near, summons (especially for help, Thucydides 4, 61; Demosthenes, p. 275, 20).
2. imploration, supplication, entreaty: 2 Corinthians 8:4 (Strabo 13, p. 581; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 1, 5; (contra Apion 2, 23, 3 παράκλησις πρός τόν Θεόν ἔστω); λόγοι παρακλήσεως, words of appeal, containing entreaties, 1 Macc. 10:24).
3. exhortation, admonition, encouragement: Acts 15:31 (others refer this to 4); 1 Corinthians 14:3; 2 Corinthians 8:17; Philippians 2:1; 1 Timothy 4:13; Hebrews 12:5; λόγος τῆς παρακλήσεως, Hebrews 13:22 (2 Macc. 7:24 2Macc. 15:9 (11); Plato, del. 415 e.; Thucydides 8, 92; Aeschines, Polybius, others).
4. consolation, comfort, solace: 2 Corinthians 1:4-7; Hebrews 6:18; (add, Acts 9:31; 2 Thessalonians 2:16) (Jeremiah 16:7; Has. 13:14; (Job 21:2; Nahum 3:7); Phalaris, epistle 97 at the beginning); τῶν γραφῶν, afforded by the contents of the Scriptures, Romans 15:4 (Winer's Grammar, 189 (178)); Θεός τῆς παρακλήσεως, God the author and bestower of comfort, Romans 15:5; 2 Corinthians 1:3; solace or cheer which comes from a happy lot or a prosperous state of things, Luke 6:24; 2 Corinthians 7:4, 7, 13 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (368)); Philemon 1:7; by metonymy, that which affords comfort or refreshment; thus of the Messianic salvation, Luke 2:25 (so the rabbis call the Messiah the consoler, the comforter, κατ' ἐξοχήν, מְנַחֵם (cf. Wünsche, Neue Beiträge as above with at the passage; Schöttgen, Horae Hebrew etc. ii. 18)).
5. universally, "persuasive discourse, stirring address — instructive; admonitory, consolatory; powerful hortatory discourse": Romans 12:8; λόγος, παρακλήσεως (A. V. "word of exhortation), Acts 13:15; υἱός παρακλήσεως (a son of exhortation), a man gifted in teaching, admonishing, consoling, Acts 4:36; used of the apostles' instruction or preaching, 1 Thessalonians 2:3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
21:2
Jeremiah
16:7
Nahum
3:7
Luke
2:25; 6:24
Acts
4:36; 9:31; 13:15; 15:31
Romans
12:8; 15:4; 15:5
1 Corinthians
14:3
2 Corinthians
1:3; 1:4; 1:5; 1:6; 1:7; 7:4; 7:7; 7:13; 8:4; 8:17
Philippians
2:1
1 Thessalonians
2:3
2 Thessalonians
2:16
1 Timothy
4:13
Philemon
1:7
Hebrews
6:18; 12:5; 13:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3874 matches the Greek παράκλησις (paraklēsis),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the TR Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:25 - Behold, there was a man in Yerushalayim whose name was Shim`on; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Yisra'el, and the Ruach HaKodesh was on him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:24 - "But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - Yosi, who by the apostles was surnamed Bar-Nabba (which is, being interpreted, Son of Exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:31 - So the assemblies throughout all Yehudah and the Galil and Shomron had shalom, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Ruach HaKodesh.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:15 - After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:31 - When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:8 - or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:4 - For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:5 - Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Messiah Yeshua,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:3 - But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:3 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:4 - who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:5 - For as the sufferings of Messiah abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Messiah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:6 - But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which works in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:7 - Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:7 - and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced still more.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:13 - Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:4 - begging us with much entreaty to receive this grace and the fellowship in the service to the holy ones.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:17 - For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:1 - If there is therefore any exhortation in Messiah, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:3 - For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:16 - Now our Lord Yeshua the Messiah himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:13 - Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:7 - For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the holy ones have been refreshed through you, brother.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:5 - and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with sons, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by him;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:22 - But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
HNV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
HNV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan