ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΙΝ, παραινειν
PARAINEIN, parainein
Sounds Like: pah-rah-I-nayn
Translations: to advise, to exhort, to admonish, to counsel
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the present active infinitive form of the verb. It means to give counsel, advice, or exhortation to someone. It is often used in contexts where someone is being encouraged or warned about a course of action. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and 'αἰνέω' (aineō), meaning 'to praise' or 'to approve', suggesting a gentle urging or commendation.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G3867 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 13:264
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 9:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΕΙ — exhorts, advises, urges, encourages
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΟΥΝ — advising, exhorting, urging, counseling, recommending
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΟΥΝΤΟΣ — advising, exhorting, encouraging, urging, counseling, of one advising, of one exhorting
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of exhorting, of advising, of admonishing, of encouraging, of urging, of counseling
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΩ — exhort, advise, admonish, warn, recommend, urge
- ΠΑΡΑΙΝΩΝ — advising, exhorting, urging, counseling
- ΠΑΡΗΝΔΕ — he exhorted, he advised, he urged, he admonished
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