Strong G3870παρακαλέω
to plead/comfort
- Transliteration
- parakaleō
- Pronunciation
- par-ak-al-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
παρακαλέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for נחם ni., pi.;]
1. to call to one, call for, summon: Act.28:20 (R, mg.; R, txt., entreat); hence (of the gods: Dem., Xen., al.), to invoke, call on, beseech, entreat: τ. πατέρα μου, Mat.26:53; τ. κύριον, 2Co.12:8; in late writers (Polyb., Diod., al.; rarely in LXX; in π., see Deiss., LAE, 176.14), also of men: absol., Phm 9; with accusative, Mat.8:5, Mrk.1:40, Act.16:9, al.; with inf., Mrk.5:17, Luk.8:41, Act.8:31, al.; before ἵνα (see M, Pr., 205, 208), Mt 14"36, Mrk.5:18, Luk.8:31, al.
2. to admonish, exhort: absol., Luk.3:18, Rom.12:8, 2Ti.4:2, al.; with accusative, Act.15:32, 1Th.2:11, Heb.3:13, al.; id. before inf., Act.11:23, Rom.12:1, Php.4:2, 1Th.4:10, al.; before ἵνα (see M, Pr., l.with), 1Co.1:10, 2Co.8:6, 1Th.4:1, al.
3. to cheer, encourage, comfort (Plut., LXX: Jb 43, Isa.35:3, Sir.43:24, al.): with accusative, 2Co.1:6, Eph.6:22, Col.2:2, al.; id. before ἐν, 1Th.4:18; διά, 2Co.1:4; pass., Mat.5:4, Luk.16:25, Act.20:12.
SYN.: παραμυθέω (cf. M, Th., 25). (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נחם ni., pi.;]
1. to call to one, call for, summon: Act.28:20 (R, mg.; R, txt., entreat); hence (of the gods: Dem., Xen., al.), to invoke, call on, beseech, entreat: τ. πατέρα μου, Mat.26:53; τ. κύριον, 2Co.12:8; in late writers (Polyb., Diod., al.; rarely in LXX; in π., see Deiss., LAE, 176.14), also of men: absol., Phm 9; with accusative, Mat.8:5, Mrk.1:40, Act.16:9, al.; with inf., Mrk.5:17, Luk.8:41, Act.8:31, al.; before ἵνα (see M, Pr., 205, 208), Mt 14"36, Mrk.5:18, Luk.8:31, al.
2. to admonish, exhort: absol., Luk.3:18, Rom.12:8, 2Ti.4:2, al.; with accusative, Act.15:32, 1Th.2:11, Heb.3:13, al.; id. before inf., Act.11:23, Rom.12:1, Php.4:2, 1Th.4:10, al.; before ἵνα (see M, Pr., l.with), 1Co.1:10, 2Co.8:6, 1Th.4:1, al.
3. to cheer, encourage, comfort (Plut., LXX: Jb 43, Isa.35:3, Sir.43:24, al.): with accusative, 2Co.1:6, Eph.6:22, Col.2:2, al.; id. before ἐν, 1Th.4:18; διά, 2Co.1:4; pass., Mat.5:4, Luk.16:25, Act.20:12.
SYN.: παραμυθέω (cf. M, Th., 25). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3870 appears in 104 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- beseech32
- comfort21
- exhort20
- besought10
- desire7
- pray6
- comforteth2
- i2
- intreat2
- that2
- be1
- call1
First verses
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Matthew 5:4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- Matthew 8:5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
- Matthew 8:31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Matthew 8:34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
- Matthew 14:36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
- Matthew 18:29And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
- Matthew 18:32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
- Matthew 26:53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Mark 1:40And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- Mark 5:10And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
- Mark 5:12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
- Mark 5:17And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
- Mark 5:18And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
- Mark 5:23And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- Mark 6:56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
- Mark 7:32And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
- Mark 8:22And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
- Luke 3:18And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
- Luke 7:4And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παρακᾰλέω,
Attic dialect future -καλῶ, later -καλέσω[LXX (LXX.Job.7.13, +others)]:—call to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.32.)]
II call in, send for, summon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 215, etc.; σύμμαχον π. τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.158, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89c, etc.; π. ἑταίρους 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.14; π. τινὰ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.205, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.24; π. τινὰ σύμβουλον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.5; τινὰς εἰς συμβουλήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 186a; συνήγορον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.184)]; invoke the gods, τοὺς θεούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.8)]; περὶ τούτου τὸν θεόν (as medical adviser) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 42(1).126.31 (Epid., 2nd c.AD))]; τὸν Ἐνυάλιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.17; Διόνυσον εἰς τὴν τελετήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 666b; [τοὺς θεοὺς] π. βοηθούς 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.21.12:)] —passive, παρακαλούμενος καὶ ἄκλητος, 'vocatus atque non vocatus', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118; -κληθέντες ἐς ξυμμαχίαν [prev. author] 5.31)]; παρακαλουμένη ἀμύνειν being called upon to ward off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692e; -κληθεὶς γυμνασιαρχῆσαι “OGI” 339.53 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC).)]
II.2 summon one's friends to attend one in a trial, π. τοὺς φίλους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.7, etc.)]; π. τινάς call them as witnesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.28; π. πάντας ἀνθρώπους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.29)]:—middle, uncertain in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 28:)] —passive, παρακεκλημένοι summoned to attend at a trial, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.173.)]
II.2.b summon a defendant into court, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 297.5 (2nd c.AD), Mitteis “Chr.” 71.5 (5th c.AD).)]
II.3 invite, ἐπὶ δαῖτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1247)]; εἰς (variant{ἐπὶ}) θήραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.3)]; ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα π. invite him to mount the tribune, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.72.)]
II.4 appeal to, τινὰ περὶ γῆς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 136.)]
III exhort, encourage, τάξις τάξιν παρεκάλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 380, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.60.5; π. τινὰ εἰς μάχην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1254; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὰ κάλλιστα ἔργα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.24; π. τὴν νόησιν εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 523b; πρὸς τὸ μνημονεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.12)]: with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 156, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.19, Decrees cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.185)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.14; παρακέκληται ἡ διάνοια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1175a7.)]
III.2 comfort, console, τοὺς πενθοῦντας [LXX (LXX.Sir.48.24)]:—passive, [NT (NT.Matt.2.18, 5.4.)]
III.3 excite, τινὰ ἐς φόβον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1583; ἐς δάκρυα [prev. author] “IA” 497)]; incite, π. καὶ παροξύνειν ἐπί.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 54)] G.; of things, foment, φλόγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.23.)]
IV demand, require, ὁ θάλαμος σκεύη π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 9.3:)] —passive, τὰ παρακαλούμενα proposals, demands, Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.166s q., 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.29.3.)]
V beseech, entreat, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.82.8, “PTeb.” 24.46 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; π. τινὰ ἵνα..[NT+2nd c.AD+ (Aristeas 318, NT.Mark.8.22, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.7.11, etc.)]; ὅπως.. [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.8.34: but ἐρωτῶ καὶ π. for δέομαι is condemned by 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος” 3.)]
VI passive, relent, πρός, ἐπί τινι, towards a person, [LXX (LXX.Judg.21.6, 15, cf. LXX.2Ki.24.16.)]
VI.2 repent, regret, παρακέκλημαι ὅτι..[LXX (LXX.1Ki.15.11.)]
Attic dialect future -καλῶ, later -καλέσω[LXX (LXX.Job.7.13, +others)]:—call to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.32.)]
II call in, send for, summon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 215, etc.; σύμμαχον π. τινά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.158, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89c, etc.; π. ἑταίρους 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.14; π. τινὰ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.205, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.24; π. τινὰ σύμβουλον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.5; τινὰς εἰς συμβουλήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 186a; συνήγορον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.184)]; invoke the gods, τοὺς θεούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.8)]; περὶ τούτου τὸν θεόν (as medical adviser) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 42(1).126.31 (Epid., 2nd c.AD))]; τὸν Ἐνυάλιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.17; Διόνυσον εἰς τὴν τελετήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 666b; [τοὺς θεοὺς] π. βοηθούς 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.21.12:)] —passive, παρακαλούμενος καὶ ἄκλητος, 'vocatus atque non vocatus', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.118; -κληθέντες ἐς ξυμμαχίαν [prev. author] 5.31)]; παρακαλουμένη ἀμύνειν being called upon to ward off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692e; -κληθεὶς γυμνασιαρχῆσαι “OGI” 339.53 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC).)]
II.2 summon one's friends to attend one in a trial, π. τοὺς φίλους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.7, etc.)]; π. τινάς call them as witnesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.28; π. πάντας ἀνθρώπους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.29)]:—middle, uncertain in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 28:)] —passive, παρακεκλημένοι summoned to attend at a trial, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.173.)]
II.2.b summon a defendant into court, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 297.5 (2nd c.AD), Mitteis “Chr.” 71.5 (5th c.AD).)]
II.3 invite, ἐπὶ δαῖτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1247)]; εἰς (variant{ἐπὶ}) θήραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.3)]; ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα π. invite him to mount the tribune, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.72.)]
II.4 appeal to, τινὰ περὶ γῆς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 136.)]
III exhort, encourage, τάξις τάξιν παρεκάλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 380, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.60.5; π. τινὰ εἰς μάχην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1254; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὰ κάλλιστα ἔργα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.24; π. τὴν νόησιν εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 523b; πρὸς τὸ μνημονεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.12)]: with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 156, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.19, Decrees cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.185)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.14; παρακέκληται ἡ διάνοια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1175a7.)]
III.2 comfort, console, τοὺς πενθοῦντας [LXX (LXX.Sir.48.24)]:—passive, [NT (NT.Matt.2.18, 5.4.)]
III.3 excite, τινὰ ἐς φόβον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1583; ἐς δάκρυα [prev. author] “IA” 497)]; incite, π. καὶ παροξύνειν ἐπί.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 54)] G.; of things, foment, φλόγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.23.)]
IV demand, require, ὁ θάλαμος σκεύη π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Oec.” 9.3:)] —passive, τὰ παρακαλούμενα proposals, demands, Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.166s q., 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.29.3.)]
V beseech, entreat, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.82.8, “PTeb.” 24.46 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; π. τινὰ ἵνα..[NT+2nd c.AD+ (Aristeas 318, NT.Mark.8.22, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.7.11, etc.)]; ὅπως.. [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.8.34: but ἐρωτῶ καὶ π. for δέομαι is condemned by 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος” 3.)]
VI passive, relent, πρός, ἐπί τινι, towards a person, [LXX (LXX.Judg.21.6, 15, cf. LXX.2Ki.24.16.)]
VI.2 repent, regret, παρακέκλημαι ὅτι..[LXX (LXX.1Ki.15.11.)]