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ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩ, παρακαλω

PARAKALŌ, parakalō

Sounds Like: PA-ra-ka-LOH

Translations: I call to, I invite, I comfort, I encourage, I appeal, I beg, I entreat

From the root: ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to call alongside' or 'to call to one's aid'. Depending on the context, it can mean to comfort, encourage, exhort, appeal to, or entreat someone. It is often used to describe the act of providing solace or urging someone to action.

Inflection: First person singular, Present, Active, Indicative

Strong’s number: G3870 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 4:1, 7:2
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 8:2
  • Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 1:2
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 6:1
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 58:1, 74:2
Polycarp of Smyrna
  • Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 9:1
Pseudo-Baruch
  • The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 4:14, 9:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΩ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • ΠΑΚΑΛΕΙΤΑΙ — is called, is exhorted, is comforted, is invited, is summoned, is entreated, is appealed to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑ — comfort, exhort, encourage, beseech, call to one's side, invite, entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑ? — comfort, exhort, encourage, appeal, beseech, call to one's side, invite
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΙ — he/she/it calls alongside, he/she/it summons, he/she/it invites, he/she/it implores, he/she/it exhorts, he/she/it comforts, he/she/it encourages, he/she/it consoles, call alongside!, summon!, invite!, implore!, exhort!, comfort!, encourage!, console!
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΙΝ — to call to one's side, to exhort, to comfort, to encourage, to appeal, to beseech, to implore
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be comforted, to be exhorted, to be encouraged, to be entreated, to be called alongside
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΙΣΘΕ — be exhorted, be encouraged, be comforted, be entreated, be appealed to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΙΤΑΙ — is comforted, is exhorted, is encouraged, is appealed to, is summoned
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΙΤΕ — exhort, comfort, beseech, appeal, encourage, call alongside, implore, entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΑΙ — to call to one's side, to exhort, to comfort, to encourage, to entreat, to appeal, to beseech, to implore
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having called to one's side, having exhorted, having encouraged, having comforted, having appealed to, having invited, having begged, having entreated
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΑΝΤΙ — (to) one who exhorted, (to) one who comforted, (to) one who implored, (to) one who appealed, (to) one who encouraged
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΑΝΤΟΣ — having called alongside, having exhorted, having comforted, having encouraged, having appealed, having requested, of one who called alongside, of one who exhorted, of one who comforted, of one who encouraged, of one who appealed, of one who requested
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΑΝΤΩΝ — (of) those who exhorted, (of) those who comforted, (of) those who encouraged, (of) those who appealed, (of) those who entreated, (of) those who summoned
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΑΣ — having called alongside, having summoned, having invited, having exhorted, having encouraged, having comforted, having entreated
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΑΣΑ — having called to one's side, having exhorted, having encouraged, having comforted, having appealed to, having begged, having invited
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΑΤΕ — exhort, comfort, appeal, beseech, encourage, implore, invite
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΕ — he exhorted, he encouraged, he comforted, he appealed, he implored, he summoned
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΕΙ — he will call to his side, he will summon, he will invite, he will exhort, he will encourage, he will comfort, he will console, he will entreat, he will appeal to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΕΙΑΝ — they might call, they might summon, they might exhort, they might comfort, they might appeal to, they might entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΕΙΝ — to call alongside, to exhort, to comfort, to entreat, to appeal to, to beseech, to encourage
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΕΙΣ — you will call to, he will call to, she will call to, it will call to, you will exhort, he will exhort, she will exhort, it will exhort, you will comfort, he will comfort, she will comfort, it will comfort, you will appeal, he will appeal, she will appeal, it will appeal, you will beseech, he will beseech, she will beseech, it will beseech
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΕΤΕ — you will call to your side, you will summon, you will invite, you will implore, you will exhort, you will comfort, you will encourage
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΗ — he may call, he may summon, he may entreat, he may exhort, he may comfort, he may encourage
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΙ — he will call to, he will summon, he will exhort, he will comfort, he will encourage, he will beseech, he will entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΟ — comfort, exhort, encourage, beseech, appeal, invite, summon
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΟΝ — comfort, exhort, beseech, implore, encourage, appeal, call upon, invite
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΟΝΤΑ — to call alongside, to exhort, to comfort, to encourage, to appeal to, to entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΟΝΤΑΣ — those who will call alongside, those who will exhort, those who will comfort, those who will appeal to, those who will entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will call upon, they will exhort, they will comfort, they will entreat, they will appeal to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΩ — I will call to one's side, I will appeal, I will comfort, I will exhort, I will encourage, I will beseech, I will console, I will entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΩΣΙ — they may call to, they may summon, they may invite, they may exhort, they may comfort, they may encourage, they may appeal to, they may entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΣΩΣΙΝ — they may call to, they may exhort, they may comfort, they may appeal to, they may beseech, they may encourage
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΕΩ — call to, invite, implore, comfort, encourage, exhort, appeal to, beseech
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΗ — he may call to, he may summon, he may exhort, he may entreat, he may comfort, he may console, he may encourage, he may appeal to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΙΝ — to call to one's side, to summon, to invite, to implore, to entreat, to exhort, to comfort, to encourage, to console, to appeal to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΙΣΘΑΙ — to be called to, to be called alongside, to be exhorted, to be encouraged, to be comforted, to be entreated, to be appealed to, to be implored
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΙΤΑΙ — he is called, he is exhorted, he is comforted, he is entreated, he is invited
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΙΤΕ — you call to, you summon, you invite, you appeal to, you exhort, you encourage, you comfort, you console, you entreat, you beseech
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΙ — they may call, they may comfort, they may exhort, they may appeal, they may beseech
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΜΕ — we call to, we summon, we invite, we exhort, we implore, we comfort, we encourage, we beseech, we appeal to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΘΑ — we are comforted, we are encouraged, we are exhorted, we are entreated, we are appealed to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΝ — we entreat, we implore, we beseech, we exhort, we comfort, we encourage
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being called to, being exhorted, being encouraged, being comforted, being entreated, being appealed to, being invited
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — being called alongside, being exhorted, being comforted, being entreated, being appealed to, being invited
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΝΤΟΥ — we call to, we exhort, we comfort, we entreat, of the, of him, of it
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΝ — they call to, they summon, they invite, they exhort, they encourage, they comfort, they entreat, they appeal to, they beseech
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΑ — comforting, exhorting, encouraging, entreating, appealing, inviting, a comforter, an exhorter
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they are called alongside, they are exhorted, they are encouraged, they are entreated, they are comforted, they are appealed to, they are summoned
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΑΣ — exhorting, comforting, appealing, beseeching, entreating, encouraging
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΕΣ — exhorting, comforting, encouraging, appealing, beseeching, entreating, inviting, calling upon, a comforter, an encourager
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΙ — exhorting, comforting, entreating, calling alongside, appealing, encouraging
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of one calling alongside, of one exhorting, of one comforting, of one entreating, of one appealing, of one encouraging
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΩΝ — (of) those who are calling alongside, (of) those who are entreating, (of) those who are comforting, (of) those who are exhorting, (of) those who are appealing
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΣΑ — exhorting, comforting, encouraging, entreating, appealing, calling alongside
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΣΑΙ — entreating, imploring, exhorting, comforting, beseeching
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΣΑΝ — they were calling, they were inviting, they were appealing, they were comforting, they were encouraging, they were imploring, they were exhorting
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΣΗ — of the one calling alongside, of the one comforting, of the one exhorting, of the one entreating, of the one appealing, of the one encouraging
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΣΗΣ — of one who calls alongside, of one who entreats, of one who comforts, of one who exhorts, of one who appeals
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΣΙ — they call upon, they exhort, they comfort, they entreat, they appeal to, they encourage
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they call to one's side, they summon, they entreat, they exhort, they comfort, they encourage, they appeal to, they beseech
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΤΑΣ — comforting, exhorting, encouraging, appealing, entreating, inviting, consoling, beseeching
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΤΕΣ — entreating, exhorting, comforting, encouraging, appealing, beseeching, inviting
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩΝ — comforting, exhorting, encouraging, appealing, entreating, inviting, consoling, a comforter, an exhorter, one who comforts, one who exhorts
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩΝΤΑΙ — they may be exhorted, they may be encouraged, they may be comforted, they may be entreated, they may be appealed to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩΣΙ — they may call to, they may exhort, they may comfort, they may appeal to, they may beseech
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΩΣΙΝ — they may call to, they may exhort, they may comfort, they may appeal to, they may entreat
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΑΟΥΣΑΣ — comforting, encouraging, exhorting, appealing to, entreating, inviting, calling alongside, consoling
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΕΚΛΗΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who have been called alongside, of those who have been exhorted, of those who have been comforted, of those who have been encouraged
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΕΚΛΗΜΑΙ — I have been called to one's side, I have been summoned, I have been invited, I have been entreated, I have been exhorted, I have been comforted, I have been encouraged
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΕΚΛΗΜΕΘΑ — we have been comforted, we have been exhorted, we have been encouraged, we have been entreated
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΕΚΛΗΜΕΝΗ — having been called alongside, having been exhorted, having been comforted, having been encouraged, having been appealed to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΕΚΛΗΜΕΝΟΙ — comforted, exhorted, encouraged, called alongside
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΕΚΛΗΜΕΝΟΝ — comforted, encouraged, exhorted, called alongside, summoned, invited
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΕΚΛΗΣΘΑΙ — to be exhorted, to be encouraged, to be comforted, to be called alongside, to be entreated
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΕΚΛΗΣΘΕ — you have been exhorted, you have been comforted, you have been encouraged, be exhorted, be comforted, be encouraged
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΕΙΣ — having been comforted, having been exhorted, having been encouraged, having been entreated, having been appealed to, having been summoned
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been exhorted, having been comforted, having been encouraged, having been entreated
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΗ — be comforted, be encouraged, be exhorted, be entreated, be appealed to, be consoled
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be comforted, to be exhorted, to be encouraged, to be entreated, to be appealed to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΗΣ — be comforted, be exhorted, be encouraged, be entreated, be called alongside
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be comforted, to be exhorted, to be encouraged, to be entreated, to be called alongside
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΗΣΕΣΘΕ — you will be comforted, you will be encouraged, you will be exhorted, you will be entreated
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be comforted, he will be encouraged, he will be exhorted, he will be entreated, he will be appealed to
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be comforted, they will be encouraged, they will be exhorted
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΗΤΙ — be comforted, be entreated, be exhorted, be encouraged, be consoled
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΩΣΙΝ — may be comforted, may be exhorted, may be encouraged, may be entreated, may be consoled
  • ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΤΟΡ — advocate, intercessor, helper, comforter, counselor
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΕΙ — he was calling alongside, he was exhorting, he was comforting, he was urging, he was appealing, he was entreating
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΕΙΣ — you were calling alongside, you were exhorting, you were comforting, you were appealing to, you were encouraging, you were entreating
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΕΣΑ — I exhorted, I comforted, I encouraged, I appealed to, I called alongside
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΕΣΑΝ — they called to, they exhorted, they encouraged, they comforted, they appealed to, they pleaded with, they invited
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΕΣΑΣ — you exhorted, you encouraged, you comforted, you appealed to, you summoned, you invited
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΕΣΕ — he exhorted, he encouraged, he comforted, he appealed, he invited, he summoned, he begged, he implored
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΕΣΕΝ — he called, he summoned, he urged, he exhorted, he comforted, he encouraged, he appealed, he implored, he requested
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΕΣΩ — I exhorted, I encouraged, I comforted, I appealed, I begged, I implored
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΙ — he urged, he exhorted, he comforted, he appealed, he called alongside
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΝ — we were calling to, we were urging, we were exhorting, we were comforting, we were appealing to, we were entreating
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΑΛΟΥΝ — they were calling alongside, they were exhorting, they were comforting, they were appealing to, they were entreating, they were encouraging
  • ΠΑΡΕΚΛΗΘΗ — was comforted, was encouraged, was exhorted, was entreated, was appealed to, was implored, was consoled, was called alongside

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