Strong G3888παραμυθέομαι
to encourage
- Transliteration
- paramutheomai
- Pronunciation
- par-am-oo-theh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
παρα-μυθέομαι, -οῦμαι
[in LXX: 2Ma.15:9 (Sm. 8)*;]
1. to encourage, exhort.
2. to comfort, console: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.11:31, 1Th.2:11 5:14; id. before περί, Jhn.11:19.†
SYN.: παρακαλέω (AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.15:9 (Sm. 8)*;]
1. to encourage, exhort.
2. to comfort, console: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.11:31, 1Th.2:11 5:14; id. before περί, Jhn.11:19.†
SYN.: παρακαλέω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3888 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- comfort4
First verses
- John 11:19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
- John 11:31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παραμῡθ-έομαι,
encourage, exhort one to do a thing, with dative person et infinitive, τοῖς ἄλλοισιν ἐγὼ παραμυθησαίμην οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποπλείειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.417, compare 684, 15.45: later with _dative_ _person_ only, “PFay.” 19.6 (2nd c.AD): also with _accusative_ _person_ et)]infinitive, πῶς οὖν αὐτοὺς παραμυθησόμεθα προθύμους εἶνα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 666a)]; παραμυθοῦ μ᾽ (i.e. ποιεῖν) ὅ τι καὶ πείσεις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1063 (_anapaest meter_))]; θαρσεῖν (i.e. σε) οὐδὲν παραμυθοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 935 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 speak soothingly to, with accusative, παρεμυθεῖτο attempted to reassure them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 476e, etc.)]; encourage a dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.25: _metaphorically_, παραμυθεῖται ὁ σκάφος τὴν διψῶσαν ἄμπελον “Geoponica” 3.5.4)]; console, comfort, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ᾽, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44, 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “περὶ σοφιστῶν” 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346b, +others; ἡ φιλοσοφία τὴν ψυχὴν ἠρέμα παραμυθεῖται [prev. author] “Phd.” 83a; π. τινὰ λόγοισι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 115; τινὰ ὀψαρίοις [prev. author] “fragment” 45; τινὰ ἐπὶ τῇ κολάσει 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 33; ἑαυτὸν τῆς ἥττης 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.46)]; ταῖς ἐλπίσιν τἀλγεινὰ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 641)]: with neuter adjective, πόλλ᾽ ἂν εἶχέ τις αὑτὸν παραμυθήσασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.214)]; π. τὰς πόλεις ὡς.. console.. by saying that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.1.)]
3 relieve, assuage, abate, π. ὁ οἶνος τὴν τοῦ γήρως δυσθυμίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 120)]; Ἐπίκουρος τἀποθνῄσκειν π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1013.13; ᾄδουσιν ἡσυχῇ τὸ ἔργον -ούμενοι 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 1.9; π. τὰς ἐν στρατοπέδοις συμφοράς 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 1.13)]; π. τὸν φθόνον, τὸ πένθος, τὴν ξυμφοράν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 13, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 27, “DMort.” 28.3)]; [θρίδακες] κόρυζαν π. [Refs (“Geoponica” 12.13.11)]; πῦρ ἀνάψαντες τὸ πικρὸν τοῦ κρυμοῦ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.1.)]
4 soflen down, palliate, τὸ τῆς μοναρχίας ὄνομα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 11; διὰ τῶν τῆς γοργότητος ἰδίων τὸ λίαν ὕπτιον 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 2.4)]; explain away, τὸ μυθῶδες [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.248b)]; excuse, τὴν ἀπὸ μικρῶν ἐπίκλησιν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.64.)]
5 support, justify a thesis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.66, +others, compare παραμυθητέον 3)]; explain, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 9.32.)]
encourage, exhort one to do a thing, with dative person et infinitive, τοῖς ἄλλοισιν ἐγὼ παραμυθησαίμην οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποπλείειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.417, compare 684, 15.45: later with _dative_ _person_ only, “PFay.” 19.6 (2nd c.AD): also with _accusative_ _person_ et)]infinitive, πῶς οὖν αὐτοὺς παραμυθησόμεθα προθύμους εἶνα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 666a)]; παραμυθοῦ μ᾽ (i.e. ποιεῖν) ὅ τι καὶ πείσεις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1063 (_anapaest meter_))]; θαρσεῖν (i.e. σε) οὐδὲν παραμυθοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 935 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 speak soothingly to, with accusative, παρεμυθεῖτο attempted to reassure them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 476e, etc.)]; encourage a dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.25: _metaphorically_, παραμυθεῖται ὁ σκάφος τὴν διψῶσαν ἄμπελον “Geoponica” 3.5.4)]; console, comfort, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ᾽, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44, 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “περὶ σοφιστῶν” 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346b, +others; ἡ φιλοσοφία τὴν ψυχὴν ἠρέμα παραμυθεῖται [prev. author] “Phd.” 83a; π. τινὰ λόγοισι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 115; τινὰ ὀψαρίοις [prev. author] “fragment” 45; τινὰ ἐπὶ τῇ κολάσει 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 33; ἑαυτὸν τῆς ἥττης 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.46)]; ταῖς ἐλπίσιν τἀλγεινὰ π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 641)]: with neuter adjective, πόλλ᾽ ἂν εἶχέ τις αὑτὸν παραμυθήσασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.214)]; π. τὰς πόλεις ὡς.. console.. by saying that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.1.)]
3 relieve, assuage, abate, π. ὁ οἶνος τὴν τοῦ γήρως δυσθυμίαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 120)]; Ἐπίκουρος τἀποθνῄσκειν π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1013.13; ᾄδουσιν ἡσυχῇ τὸ ἔργον -ούμενοι 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 1.9; π. τὰς ἐν στρατοπέδοις συμφοράς 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 1.13)]; π. τὸν φθόνον, τὸ πένθος, τὴν ξυμφοράν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 13, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 27, “DMort.” 28.3)]; [θρίδακες] κόρυζαν π. [Refs (“Geoponica” 12.13.11)]; πῦρ ἀνάψαντες τὸ πικρὸν τοῦ κρυμοῦ π. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.1.)]
4 soflen down, palliate, τὸ τῆς μοναρχίας ὄνομα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 11; διὰ τῶν τῆς γοργότητος ἰδίων τὸ λίαν ὕπτιον 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 2.4)]; explain away, τὸ μυθῶδες [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.248b)]; excuse, τὴν ἀπὸ μικρῶν ἐπίκλησιν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.64.)]
5 support, justify a thesis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.66, +others, compare παραμυθητέον 3)]; explain, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 9.32.)]