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To urge

παραβιάζομαιStrong’s G3849

parabiazomai

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Parabiazomai is the Greek word usually translated “constrained” and “persuaded”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.”
Luke 24:29 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “constrained” and “persuaded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • they constrained 1
  • she persuaded 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

παραβιάζομαι parabiazomai · to urge

παρα-βιάζομαι [in LXX: Gen.19:9, 4Ki.2:17 (פָּצַר), Deu.1:43 (זוּד hi.), 1Ki.28:23 (פָּרַץ) see1. 4 * ;] 1. prop., to force against nature or law. 2. to compel by force (Polyb.). 3. to constrain by entreaty (Ge, 1Sam, ll. with): Luk.24:29, Act.16:15.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “urge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

URGE, verb intransitive

[Latin urgeo. This belongs probably to the family of Gr. and Latin arceo.]

  1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to apply force to, in almost any manner.
  2. To press the mind or will; to press by motives, arguments, persuasion or importunity.
  3. To provoke; to exasperate.
  4. To follow close; to impel.
All definitions and other forms of “urge”
  1. To labor vehemently; to press with eagerness.
  2. To press; as, to urge an argument; to urge a petition; to urge the necessity of a case.
  3. To importune; to solicit earnestly.
  4. To apply forcibly; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

URGE, verb intransitive

To press forward; as, he strives to urge upward.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.