Strong's Concordance

Greek
G3870

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Original: παρακαλέω

Transliteration: parakaleo (parakaleō)

Phonetic: par-ak-al-eh'-o

Thayer Definition:

to call to one's side, call for, summon
to address, speak to, (call to, call upon), which may be done in the way of exhortation, entreaty, comfort, instruction, etc.
1. to admonish, exhort
2. to beg, entreat, beseech
  1. to strive to appease by entreaty
3. to console, to encourage and strengthen by consolation, to comfort
  1. to receive consolation, be comforted
4. to encourage, strengthen
5. exhorting and comforting and encouraging
6. to instruct, teach

Origin: from G3844 and G2564

TDNT entry: 17:53,8

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: From G3844 and G2564; to call near, that is, invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation): - beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort (-ation), intreat, pray.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (107x)

And Besought (2x)

And Exhort (1x)

And Were Desired (1x)

Are Comforted (1x)

Be Comforted (1x)

Be Of Good Comfort (1x)

Beseech (5x)

Beseeching (2x)

Besought (10x)

Comfort (6x)

Comforted (2x)

Comforteth (1x)

Desired (2x)

Desiring (2x)

Did Beseech (1x)

Exhort (8x)

Exhorted (2x)

Exhorting (2x)

Exhorting Them (1x)

Had Given (1x)

Have I Called (1x)

He Besought (1x)

He Desired (1x)

He Might Comfort (1x)

He Was Comforted (1x)

I (2x)

I Beseech (12x)

I Besought (2x)

I Desired (1x)

I Exhort (2x)

I Pray (2x)

In His Exhortation (1x)

Intreat (1x)

May Be Comforted (1x)

Might Be Comforted (1x)

Prayed (2x)

She Besought (1x)

That (2x)

That Comforteth (1x)

They Beseech (1x)

They Besought (4x)

They Comforted (1x)

To Comfort (1x)

To Exhort (2x)

To Pray (1x)

We (1x)

We Be Comforted (1x)

We Beseech (1x)

We Exhort (1x)

We Exhorted (1x)

We Intreat (1x)

We Were Comforted (2x)

Were (1x)

All Occurrences

Matthew 2:18

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Matthew 8:5

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

Matthew 8:31

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

Matthew 8:34

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

Matthew 14:36

And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Mark 1:40

And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Mark 5:10

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

Mark 5:12

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Mark 5:17

And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

Mark 5:18

And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

Mark 5:23

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

Mark 6:56

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

Mark 7:32

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

Mark 8:22

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

Luke 3:18

And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

Luke 7:4

And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

Luke 8:31

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

Luke 8:32

And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

Luke 8:41

And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

Acts 2:40

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

Acts 8:31

And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

Acts 9:38

And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

Acts 11:23

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Acts 13:42

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

Acts 14:22

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts 15:32

And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

Acts 16:9

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.

Acts 16:15

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

Acts 16:39

And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

Acts 16:40

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Acts 19:31

And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

Acts 20:2

And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

Acts 20:12

And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Greek G3870

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Greek
G3870