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parakaleō G3870

παρακαλέω (parakaleō) means “to plead/comfort” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

παρακαλέω Greek · G3870 109 tagged occurrences in 105 verses

Pronunciation guide: par-ak-al-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3870

παρακαλέω · parakaleō · 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, Php.4:2, 1Th.4:10, al.; before ἵνα (see M, Pr., l.with), 1Co.1:10, 2Co.8:6, 1Th.4:1, al. 3. to cheer, encourage, comfort (Plut., LXX: Jb 43, Isa.35:3, Sir.43:24, al.): with accusative, 2Co.1:6, Eph.6:22, Col.2:2, al.; id. before ἐν, 1Th.4:18; διά, 2Co.1:4; pass., Mat.5:4, Luk.16:25, Act.20:12. SYN.: παραμυθέω (cf. M, Th., 25). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.

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How translators render G3870

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
i urge 9
encourage 6
begged 5
i appeal 3
urge 3
we urge 3
and pleaded with 2
begging 2
comforts 2
encouraged 2
encouraging you 2
he begged 2
he may encourage 2
i urged 2
pleaded with 2
the demons begged 2
to urge 2
urged 2
after encouraging them 1
and begged 1
and encourage 1
and encourage them 1
and encouraging them 1
and pleaded 1
and urge 1
appeal to him 1
call on 1
comfort 1
comfort him 1
comforted 1
encourage one another 1
encourage others 1
encouraging 1
exhort 1
exhortations 1
have received 1
he had received 1
he invited 1
he is comforted 1
he urged 1
i appeal to 1
i beg 1
i especially urge 1
i have called 1
i pleaded with 1
i prefer to appeal 1
i strongly urged 1
i urge that 1
i urge you 1
kept urging 1
let us encourage one another 1
pleading with 1
relieved 1
she urged us 1
speaking many words of encouragement 1
the demons kept begging 1
the people urged 1
they begged 1
they begged him 1
they may be encouraged 1
to appease 1
to be comforted 1
to beg 1
to encourage 1
we answer gently 1
we are comforted 1
we are encouraged 1
we have been reassured 1
were making his appeal 1
who invited us 1
will be comforted 1
you begged 1
you encourage 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
besought 10
i beseech 9
exhort 8
comfort 6
beseech 5
they besought 4
and besought 3
beseeching 2
comforted 2
desired 2
desiring 2
exhorted 2
exhorting 2
i 2
i besought 2
i exhort 2
i pray 2
prayed 2
that 2
to exhort 2
and exhort 1
and intreated 1
and were desired 1
are comforted 1
be comforted 1
be of good comfort 1
comforteth 1
did beseech 1
exhorting them 1
had given 1
have i called 1
he besought 1
he desired 1
he might comfort 1
he that exhorteth 1
he was comforted 1
in his exhortation 1
intreat 1
is comforted 1
may be comforted 1
might be comforted 1
pray 1
shall be comforted 1
she besought 1
that comforteth 1
they beseech 1
they comforted 1
thou desiredst 1
to comfort 1
to pray 1
we 1
we be comforted 1
we beseech 1
we exhort 1
we exhorted 1
we intreat 1
we were comforted 1
were 1

Verses containing G3870

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  1. Matthew 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

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  2. Matthew 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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  3. Matthew 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

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  4. Matthew 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

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  5. Matthew 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

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  6. Matthew 14:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

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  7. Matthew 18:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

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  8. Matthew 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

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  9. Matthew 26:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

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  10. Mark 1:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

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  11. Mark 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

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  12. Mark 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

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  13. Mark 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

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  14. Mark 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him.

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  15. Mark 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

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  16. Mark 6:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

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  17. Mark 7:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

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  18. Mark 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

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  19. Luke 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.

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  20. Luke 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

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  21. Luke 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

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  22. Luke 8:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

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  23. Luke 8:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,

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  24. Luke 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

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  25. Luke 16:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

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  26. Acts 2:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

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  27. Acts 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

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  28. Acts 9:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

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  29. Acts 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

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  30. Acts 13:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.

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  31. Acts 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

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  32. Acts 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.

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  33. Acts 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

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  34. Acts 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

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  35. Acts 16:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.

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  36. Acts 16:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.

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  37. Acts 19:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.

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  38. Acts 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.

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  39. Acts 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,

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  40. Acts 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

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  41. Acts 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

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  42. Acts 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in order not to delay you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.

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  43. Acts 25:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus

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  44. Acts 27:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

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  45. Acts 27:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

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  46. Acts 28:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.

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  47. Acts 28:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

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  48. Romans 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

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  49. Romans 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

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  50. Romans 15:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

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