Strong's Concordance paraklésis: a calling to one's aid, i.e. encouragement, comfort Original Word: παράκλησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paraklésis Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak'-lay-sis) Short Definition: exhortation, entreaty, encouragement, comfort Definition: a calling for, summons, hence: (a) exhortation, (b) entreaty, (c) encouragement, joy, gladness, (d) consolation, comfort. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 3874 paráklēsis – properly, a call (urging), done by someone "close beside," i.e. a personal exhortation that delivers the "evidence that stands up in God's court." [3874 (paráklēsis) is cognate with 3875 /paráklētos ("legal advocate") and thus has legal overtones.] 3874 (paráklēsis) is an "intimate call" that someone personally gives to deliver God's verdict, i.e. "the close-call" that reveals how the Lord weighs in the relevant facts (evidence). 3874 /paráklēsis ("holy urging") is used of the Lord directly motivating and inspiring believers to carry out His plan, delivering His particular message to someone else. The core-meaning of 3874 /paráklēsis ("personal urging") is shaped by the individual context, so it can refer to: exhortation, warning, encouragement (comfort), etc. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3874: παράκλησιςπαράκλησις, παρακλήσεως, ἡ (παρακαλέω, which see); 1. properly, a calling near, summons (especially for help, Thucydides 4, 61; Demosthenes, p. 275, 20). 2. imploration, supplication, entreaty: 2 Corinthians 8:4 (Strabo 13, p. 581; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 1, 5; (contra Apion 2, 23, 3 παράκλησις πρός τόν Θεόν ἔστω); λόγοι παρακλήσεως, words of appeal, containing entreaties, 1 Macc. 10:24). 3. exhortation, admonition, encouragement: Acts 15:31 (others refer this to 4); 1 Corinthians 14:3; 2 Corinthians 8:17; Philippians 2:1; 1 Timothy 4:13; Hebrews 12:5; λόγος τῆς παρακλήσεως, Hebrews 13:22 (2 Macc. 7:24 2Macc. 15:9 (11); Plato, del. 415 e.; Thucydides 8, 92; Aeschines, Polybius, others). 4. consolation, comfort, solace: 2 Corinthians 1:4-7; Hebrews 6:18; (add, Acts 9:31; 2 Thessalonians 2:16) (Jeremiah 16:7; Has. 13:14; (Job 21:2; Nahum 3:7); Phalaris, epistle 97 at the beginning); τῶν γραφῶν, afforded by the contents of the Scriptures, Romans 15:4 (Winer's Grammar, 189 (178)); Θεός τῆς παρακλήσεως, God the author and bestower of comfort, Romans 15:5; 2 Corinthians 1:3; solace or cheer which comes from a happy lot or a prosperous state of things, Luke 6:24; 2 Corinthians 7:4, 7, 13 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (368)); Philemon 1:7; by metonymy, that which affords comfort or refreshment; thus of the Messianic salvation, Luke 2:25 (so the rabbis call the Messiah the consoler, the comforter, κατ' ἐξοχήν, מְנַחֵם (cf. Wünsche, Neue Beiträge as above with at the passage; Schöttgen, Horae Hebrew etc. ii. 18)). 5. universally, "persuasive discourse, stirring address — instructive; admonitory, consolatory; powerful hortatory discourse": Romans 12:8; λόγος, παρακλήσεως (A. V. "word of exhortation), Acts 13:15; υἱός παρακλήσεως (a son of exhortation), a man gifted in teaching, admonishing, consoling, Acts 4:36; used of the apostles' instruction or preaching, 1 Thessalonians 2:3. From parakaleo; imploration, hortation, solace -- comfort, consolation, exhortation, intreaty. see GREEK parakaleo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 387429 Occurrences παρακλήσει — 7 Occ. Παρακλήσεως — 12 Occ. παράκλησιν — 7 Occ. παράκλησις — 3 Occ. Luke 2:25 N-AFS GRK: εὐλαβής προσδεχόμενος παράκλησιν τοῦ Ἰσραήλ NAS: looking for the consolation of Israel; KJV: waiting for the consolation of Israel: INT: devout waiting for [the] consolation of Israel Luke 6:24 N-AFS Acts 4:36 N-GFS Acts 9:31 N-DFS Acts 13:15 N-GFS Acts 15:31 N-DFS Romans 12:8 N-DFS Romans 15:4 N-GFS Romans 15:5 N-GFS 1 Corinthians 14:3 N-AFS 2 Corinthians 1:3 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 1:4 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 1:5 N-NFS 2 Corinthians 1:6 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 1:6 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 1:7 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 7:4 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 7:7 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 7:13 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 8:4 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 8:17 N-AFS Philippians 2:1 N-NFS 1 Thessalonians 2:3 N-NFS 2 Thessalonians 2:16 N-AFS 1 Timothy 4:13 N-DFS |
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