2001 Translation

PARAKLĒSEI, paraklēsei

Sounds Like: pa-ra-KLEE-see

Translations: to comfort, to exhortation, to encouragement, to consolation, to entreaty, to a comfort, to an exhortation, to an encouragement, to a consolation, to an entreaty

From the root: ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an act of comfort, encouragement, consolation, or exhortation. It can also mean an appeal or entreaty. It is often used in contexts where someone is being strengthened, advised, or pleaded with.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3874 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Acts of the Apostles — 9:31, 15:31
• Romans — 12:8
• 2 Corinthians — 7:7, 7:13
• 1 Timothy — 4:13

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 17 — 8:194

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Jeremiah — 38:9

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 9:31, 15:31
• Romans — 12:8
• 2 Corinthians — 7:4, 7:7, 7:13
• 1 Timothy — 4:13

From the same root

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

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.

• ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΕΙΝ — comfort, consolation, encouragement, exhortation, entreaty, a comfort, an encouragement
• ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ — comfort, consolation, encouragement, exhortation, appeal, entreaty
• ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΕΩΣ — of comfort, of encouragement, of exhortation, of consolation, of entreaty, of a comfort, of an encouragement, of an exhortation, of a consolation, of an entreaty
• ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΙ — comfort, consolation, encouragement, exhortation, entreaty, a comfort, an encouragement
• ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΙΝ — encouragement, exhortation, comfort, consolation, appeal, entreaty
• ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΙΣ — comfort, a comfort, encouragement, an encouragement, exhortation, an exhortation, consolation, a consolation, appeal, an appeal

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