παράκλησις
Transliteration
paraklēsis (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ak'-lay-sis
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From παρακαλέω (G3870)
mGNT
29x in 4 unique form(s) TR
29x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
11x in 5 unique form(s)
παρακλήσει — 7x
παρακλήσεως — 12x
παράκλησιν — 7x
παράκλησις — 3x
παρακλήσει — 7x
παρακλήσεως — 12x
παράκλησιν — 7x
παράκλησις — 3x
παρακλήσει — 1x
παρακλήσεις — 1x
παρακλήσεως — 1x
παράκλησιν — 5x
παράκλησις — 3x
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:773,778

Strong’s Definitions

παράκλησις paráklēsis, par-ak'-lay-sis; from G3870; imploration, hortation, solace:—comfort, consolation, exhortation, intreaty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G3874 in the following manner: consolation (14x), exhortation (8x), comfort (6x), intreaty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G3874 in the following manner: consolation (14x), exhortation (8x), comfort (6x), intreaty (1x).

  1. a calling near, summons, (esp. for help)

  2. importation, supplication, entreaty

  3. exhortation, admonition, encouragement

  4. consolation, comfort, solace; that which affords comfort or refreshment

    1. thus of the Messianic salvation (so the Rabbis call the Messiah the consoler, the comforter)

  5. persuasive discourse, stirring address

    1. instructive, admonitory, conciliatory, powerful hortatory discourse

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παράκλησις paráklēsis, par-ak'-lay-sis; from G3870; imploration, hortation, solace:—comfort, consolation, exhortation, intreaty.
STRONGS G3874:
παράκλησις, 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.
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References

Job
Job 21:2
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 16:7
Nahum
Nahum 3:7
Luke
Luke 2:25; Luke 6:24
Acts
Acts 4:36; Acts 9:31; Acts 13:15; Acts 15:31
Romans
Romans 12:8; Romans 15:4; Romans 15:5
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 14:3
2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 1:7; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Corinthians 7:7; 2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 8:17
Philippians
Philippians 2:1
1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:3
2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 2:16
1 Timothy
1 Timothy 4:13
Philemon
Philemon 1:7
Hebrews
Hebrews 6:18; Hebrews 12:5; Hebrews 13:22
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