παρακαλέω parakaleō · G3870

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. ; 2. to admonish, exhort: absol., Luk.3:18, Rom.12:8, 2Ti.4:2, al.; with accusative, Act.15:32, 1Th.2:11, Heb.3:13, al.; id. before inf., Act.11:23, Rom.12:1, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

παρακᾰλέω, ; Attic dialect future -καλῶ, later -καλέσω[]:—call to one, []; II call in, send for, summon, []; invoke the gods, τοὺς θεούς []; περὶ τούτου τὸν θεόν (as medical adviser) []; τὸν Ἐνυάλιον [] —passive, παρακαλούμενος καὶ ἄκλητος, 'vocatus atque non vocatus', []; παρακαλουμένη ἀμύνειν being called upon to ward off, []; II.2 summon one's friends to attend one in a trial, π. τοὺς φίλους []; π. τινάς call them as witnesses, []:—middle, uncertain in [] —passive, παρακεκλημένοι summoned to …

Where it's used 108 times

Matthew 2:18 · Matthew 5:4 · Matthew 8:5 · Matthew 8:31 · Matthew 8:34 · Matthew 14:36 · Matthew 18:29 · Matthew 18:32 · Matthew 26:53 · Mark 1:40 · Mark 5:10 · Mark 5:12 · Mark 5:17 · Mark 5:18 · Mark 5:23 · Mark 6:56 · Mark 7:32 · Mark 8:22 · Luke 3:18 · Luke 7:4 · Luke 8:31 · Luke 8:32 · Luke 8:41 · Luke 15:28 · Luke 16:25 · Acts 2:40 · Acts 8:31 · Acts 9:38 · Acts 11:23 · Acts 13:42 · Acts 14:22 · Acts 15:32 · Acts 16:9 · Acts 16:15 · Acts 16:39 · Acts 16:40 · Acts 19:31 · Acts 20:1 · Acts 20:2 · Acts 20:12 · Acts 21:12 · Acts 24:4 · Acts 25:2 · Acts 27:33 · Acts 27:34 · Acts 28:14 · Acts 28:20 · Romans 12:1 · Romans 12:8 · Romans 15:30 · Romans 16:17 · 1 Corinthians 1:10 · 1 Corinthians 4:13 · 1 Corinthians 4:16 · 1 Corinthians 14:31 · 1 Corinthians 16:12 · 1 Corinthians 16:15 · 2 Corinthians 1:4 · 2 Corinthians 1:6 · 2 Corinthians 2:7 … and 48 more

Source: TBESG G3870; TFLSJ G3870

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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