To urge
παραινέωStrong’s G3867paraineō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paraineō is the Greek word usually translated “was admonishing” and “exhort”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,”
Meaning
Usually translated “was admonishing” and “exhort”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- was admonishing 1
- i exhort 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
παραινέω paraineō · to urge
παρ-αινέω, -ω [in LXX: 2Ma.7:25-26, 3Ma.5:17 3Mac 7:12 * ;] to exhort, advise: with accusative of person(s) and inf. (see Bl., § 72, 5; M, Pr., 205), Act.27:22; absol., before λέγων, Act.27:9.† (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.]
- To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to apply force to, in almost any manner.
- To press the mind or will; to press by motives, arguments, persuasion or importunity.
- To provoke; to exasperate.
- To follow close; to impel.
All definitions and other forms of “urge”
- To labor vehemently; to press with eagerness.
- To press; as, to urge an argument; to urge a petition; to urge the necessity of a case.
- To importune; to solicit earnestly.
- 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.