Vocabulary Form
παρακαλέω
Definition

I call, urge, exhort, comfort

Erasmian
Modern
Root
παρακαλε
Frequency
109
GK
4151
Forms
(παρεκάλουν), -, παρεκάλεσα, -, παρακέκλημαι, παρεκλήθην
Cognates

Jesus used the cognate noun paravklhtoV, "Paraclete," for the Holy Spirit, one who is called (klhvtoV) alongside (parav) to encourage and help Christians (John 14:26).

Biblical Concordance

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.