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παρακαλέω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
παρακαλέω
Greek transliteration: 
parakaleō
Simplified transliteration: 
parakaleo
Principal Parts: 
(παρεκάλουν), -, παρεκάλεσα, -, παρακέκλημαι, παρεκλήθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3870
GK Number: 
4151
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
109
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-1d(2b)
Gloss: 
to ask, beg, plead; to comfort, encourage, exhort, urge; to call, invite
Definition: 
to call for, invite to come, send for, Acts 28:20; to call upon, exhort, admonish, persuade, Lk. 3:18; Acts 2:40; 11:23; to beg, beseech, entreat, implore, Mt. 8:5, 31; 18:29; Mk. 1:40; to animate, encourage, comfort, console, Mt. 2:18; 5:4; 2 Cor. 1:4, 6; pass. to be cheered, comforted, Lk. 16:25; Acts 20:12; 2 Cor. 7:13

Greek-English Concordance for παρακαλέω

Romans 16:17 Now I urge (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you, brethren, to watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith contrary to the teaching that you have received. Avoid them.
1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 4:13 when slandered, we respond kindly (parakaloumen | παρακαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl). We have become, as it were, the scum of the world, the refuse of all things, even now.
1 Corinthians 4:16 I urge (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you, therefore, be imitators of me.
1 Corinthians 14:31 For in this way all will be able to prophesy one by one, with the result that all may learn and all be encouraged (parakalōntai | παρακαλῶνται | pres pass subj 3 pl),
1 Corinthians 16:12 Now concerning Apollos our brother: I (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) strongly urged (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) him to go to you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his intention to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity.
1 Corinthians 16:15 You know that the household of Stephanus were the first converts in the province of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to the service of the saints. So I (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) urge (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you, brothers,
2 Corinthians 1:4 who encourages (parakalōn | παρακαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) us in all our troubles, so that we may be able to encourage (parakalein | παρακαλεῖν | pres act inf ) those experiencing any trouble with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged (parakaloumetha | παρακαλούμεθα | pres pass ind 1 pl) by God.
2 Corinthians 1:6 If we are distressed, it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged (parakaloumetha | παρακαλούμεθα | pres pass ind 1 pl), it is for your encouragement that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
2 Corinthians 2:7 so that you should rather forgive and console (parakalesai | παρακαλέσαι | aor act inf ) him, lest he be swallowed up by excessive sorrow.
2 Corinthians 2:8 So I urge (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you to show that your love for him is real.
2 Corinthians 5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making (parakalountos | παρακαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, “Be reconciled to God.”
2 Corinthians 6:1 Thus as coworkers with him, we urge (parakaloumen | παρακαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who encourages (parakalōn | παρακαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) the downcast, encouraged (parekalesen | παρεκάλεσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) us with the arrival of Titus.
2 Corinthians 7:7 And not only by his arrival but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged (pareklēthē | παρεκλήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) by you, as he reported to us your strong affection, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.
2 Corinthians 7:13 Because of this we are encouraged (parakeklēmetha | παρακεκλήμεθα | perf pass ind 1 pl). And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced more than ever at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
2 Corinthians 8:6 So we urged (parakalesai | παρακαλέσαι | aor act inf ) Titus that just as he had previously begun the work, so now he should complete this act of kindness among you.
2 Corinthians 9:5 Therefore I considered it necessary to urge (parakalesai | παρακαλέσαι | aor act inf ) the brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange beforehand the generous contribution you had previously promised, so that it would be ready as a generous gift and not as something you had to do.
2 Corinthians 10:1 Now I, Paul myself, appeal (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — I who when present am “timid” among you, but when away am “bold” toward you.
2 Corinthians 12:8 Three times I (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) pleaded (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) with (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) the Lord about this, that it would leave me.
2 Corinthians 12:18 I urged (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) Titus to (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) visit (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) you and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?
2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice, strive for maturity, take courage (parakaleisthe | παρακαλεῖσθε | pres pass imperative 2 pl), be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you to lead a life worthy of the calling with which you were called,
Ephesians 6:22 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage (parakalesē | παρακαλέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) your hearts.
Philippians 4:2 I (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) urge (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) Euodia and I (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) urge (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
Colossians 2:2 My goal is that their hearts may be encouraged (paraklēthōsin | παρακληθῶσιν | aor pass subj 3 pl) and knit together in love, so that they may have all the wealth of full assurance and the knowledge of God’s mystery, God’s which is Christ,
Colossians 4:8 I am sending him to you for this express purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage (parakalesē | παρακαλέσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) your hearts. your
1 Thessalonians 2:12 So we exhorted (parakalountes | παρακαλοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) you, encouraged you, and charged you to conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
1 Thessalonians 3:2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and coworker for God in the gospel of Christ, to establish and encourage (parakalesai | παρακαλέσαι | aor act inf ) you in your faith,
1 Thessalonians 3:7 So in all our distress and affliction, brothers, we have been reassured (pareklēthēmen | παρεκλήθημεν | aor pass ind 1 pl) about you by your faith.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge (parakaloumen | παρακαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live so as to please God (even as you are doing), that you do so more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:10 Indeed you do show love toward all the brothers throughout Macedonia, but we urge (parakaloumen | παρακαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) you, brothers, to do so more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:18 So encourage (parakaleite | παρακαλεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage (parakaleite | παρακαλεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) one another and build one another up, as indeed you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:14 Now we appeal to (parakaloumen | παρακαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
2 Thessalonians 2:17 encourage (parakalesai | παρακαλέσαι | aor act opt 3 sg) your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
2 Thessalonians 3:12 Such people we charge and exhort (parakaloumen | παρακαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) in the Lord Jesus Christ that they work quietly and eat their own food.
1 Timothy 1:3 Just as I urged (parekalesa | παρεκάλεσα | aor act ind 1 sg) you to stay on in Ephesus while I was traveling to Macedonia, so that you might command certain people not to continue teaching any different doctrine
1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) urge (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you to make requests, prayers, petitions, and expressions of thanksgiving on behalf of all people
1 Timothy 5:1 Do not rebuke but encourage (parakalei | παρακάλει | pres act imperative 2 sg) an older man as a father, younger men as brothers,
1 Timothy 6:2 And let those who have believing masters not despise them because they are brothers; rather, let them serve all the more since those benefiting from their act of kindness are believers and beloved. Teach and urge (parakalei | παρακάλει | pres act imperative 2 sg) these things.
2 Timothy 4:2 preach the word. Be prepared when it is opportune or inopportune; confront, rebuke, exhort (parakaleson | παρακάλεσον | aor act imperative 2 sg), with complete patience and teaching.
Titus 1:9 holding fast to the trustworthy word that is in accordance with the teaching, so that he might be able both to exhort (parakalein | παρακαλεῖν | pres act inf ) with healthy doctrine and to rebuke those who oppose it.
Titus 2:6 Urge (parakalei | παρακάλει | pres act imperative 2 sg) the younger men, likewise, to be self-controlled
Titus 2:15 Speak these things and encourage (parakalei | παρακάλει | pres act imperative 2 sg) and rebuke with all authority; let no one disregard you.
Philemon 1:9 yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) to you — I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus —
Philemon 1:10 I appeal (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became while in prison.
Hebrews 3:13 But encourage (parakaleite | παρακαλεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 10:25 not abandoning our own meetings, as is the habit of some, but rather encouraging (parakalountes | παρακαλοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) one another, and all the more since you see the Day drawing near.
Hebrews 13:19 I (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) urge (parakalō | παρακαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you to do this more than ever so that I may be restored to you sooner.

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