To plead/comfort
παρακαλέωStrong’s G3870parakaleō
Appears in 103 verses of the New Testament
In short
Parakaleō is the Greek word usually translated “exhort”, “exhorting” and “we exhort”. It appears in 103 verses of the New Testament.
“Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.”
Meaning
Usually translated “exhort”, “exhorting” and “we exhort”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i exhort 17
- exhorting 6
- we exhort 5
- do exhort 5
- were begging 4
- they were begging 4
- imploring 3
- they begged 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 21
- 2 Corinthians 15
- Matthew 9
- Mark 9
- Luke 7
- 1 Thessalonians 7
19 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12In contextNow them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- 1 Timothy 1:3In contextAs I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
- 1 Timothy 2:1In contextI exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
- 1 Timothy 5:1In contextRebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
- 1 Timothy 6:2In contextAnd they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
- Titus 1:9In contextHolding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
All 103 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
παρακαλέω parakaleō · to plead/comfort
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. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “exhort” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXHORT', verb intransitive
To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.
- “And with many other words did he testify and exhort” Acts 2:40
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.