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παράκλησις G3874

paráklēsis

par-ak'-lay-sis

from παρακαλέω; imploration, hortation, solace:--comfort, consolation, exhortation, intreaty.

Abbott–Smith

παρά-κλησις, -εως, ἡ (< παρακαλέω), [in LXX: Jb 21:2, Ps 93 (94):19, Ho 13:14, Na 3:7, Is 57:18 66:11, Je 16:7 (נחם, its parts and derivatives), Je 38 (31):9 (תַּחֲנוּן), Is 28:29 30:7, I Mac 10:24 12:9, II Mac 7:24 15:11*;]
1. a calling to one's aid, summons (Thus.), hence, appeal, entreaty (Strab., Plut., al., I Mac 10:24; cf. Lft., Notes, 20): II Co 8:4.
2. exhortation, encouragement: Ac 15:31, Ro 12:8, I Co 14:3, II Co 8:17, Phl 2:1, I Th 2:3, I Ti 4:13, He 12:5; λόγος (τῆς) π., Ac 13:15, He 13:22; υἱὸς π., Ac 4:36.
3. consolation, comfort (Phalar., LXX): Lk 6:24, Ac 9:31, II Co 1:4-7 7:4, 7, 13, II Th 2:16, Phm 7; τ. γραφῶν, Ro 15:4; θεὸς τῆς π., Ro 15:5, II Co 1:3; π. τοῦ Ἰσραήλ (v. Dalman, Words, 109 f.), Lk 2:25.†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


28 occurrences

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:3
    Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
  • 2 Corinthians 1:4
    Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:5
    For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:6
    And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:7
    And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:4
    Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:7
    And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:13
    Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:4
    Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:17
    For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

16 in the Septuagint, in 15 verses

  • 1 Maccabees 10:24
    γράψω κἀγὼ αὐτοῖς λόγους παρακλήσεως καὶ ὕψους καὶ δομάτων, ὅπως ὦσιν σὺν ἐμοὶ εἰς βοήθειαν.
  • 1 Maccabees 12:9
    καὶ ἡμεῖς οὗν ἀπροσδεεῖς τούτων ὄντες, παράκλησιν ἔχοντες τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια τὰ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ἡμῶν,
  • 2 Maccabees 7:24
    Ὁ δὲ Ἀντίοχος οἰόμενος καταφρονεῖσθαι καὶ τὴν ὀνειδίζουσαν ὑφορώμενος φωνήν, ἔτι τοῦ νεωτέρου περιόντος, οὐ μόνον διὰ λόγων ἐποιεῖτο τὴν παράκλησιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δι’ ὅρκων ἐπίστου ἅμα πλουτιεῖν καὶ μακαριστὸν ποιήσειν καὶ μεταθέμενον ἀπὸ τῶν πατρίων, καὶ φίλον ἕξειν καὶ χρείας ἐμπιστεύσειν.
  • 2 Maccabees 15:11
    ἕκαστον δὲ αὐτῶν καθοπλίσας οὐ τὴν ἀσπίδων καὶ λογχῶν ἀσφαλίαν, ὡς τὴν ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς λόγοις παράκλησιν, καὶ προσηγησάμενος ὄνειρον ἀξιόπιστον ὑπέρ τι πάντας ηὔφρανεν.
  • Psalms 93:19
    Κύριε, κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὀδυνῶν μου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου, αἱ παρακλήσεις σου ἠγάπησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου.
  • Job 21:2
    Ἀκούσατε, ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων, ἴνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρ’ ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις.
  • Psalms of Solomon 13:1
    Τῷ Σαλωμὼν ψαλμός· παράκλησις τῶν δικαίων. Δεξιὰ Κυρίου ἐσκέπασέν με, δεξιὰ Κυρίου ἐφείσατο ἡμῶν.
  • Hosea 13:14
    ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου ῥύσομαι καὶ ἐκ θανάτου λυτρώσομαι αὐτούς· ποῦ ἡ δίκη σου, θάνατε; ποῦ τὸ κέντρον σου, ᾅδη; παράκλησις κέκρυπται ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μοῦ,
  • Nahum 3:7
    καὶ ἔσται πᾶς ὁ ὁρῶν σε καταβήσεται ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ ἐρεῖ Δειλαία Νινευή· τίς στενάξει αὐτήν; πόθεν ζητήσω παράκλησιν αὐτῇ;
  • Isaiah 28:29
    καὶ ταῦτα παρὰ Κυρίοι σαβαὼθ ἐξῆλθεν τὰ τέρατα· βουλεύσασθε, ὑψώσατε ματαίαν παράκλησιν.
  • Isaiah 30:7
    Αἰγύπτιοι ματαια καὶ κενὰ ὡφελήσουσιν ὑμᾶς· ἀπάγγειλον αὐτοῖς ὅτι ματαία ἡ παράκλησις ὑμῶν αὕτη.
  • Isaiah 57:18
    τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ ἑόρακα, καὶ ἰασάμην αὐτὸν καὶ παρεκάλεσα αὐτόν, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῷ παράκλησιν ἀληθινήν,
  • Isaiah 66:11
    ἵνα θηλάσητε καὶ ἐμπλησθῆτε ἀπὸ μαστοῦ παρακλήσεως αὐτῆς, ἵνα ἐκθηλάσαντες τρυφήσητε ἀπὸ εἰσόδου δόξης αὐτῆς.
  • Jeremiah 16:7
    καὶ οὐ μὴ κλασθῇ ἄρτος ἐν πένθει αὐτῶν εἰς παράκλησιν ἐπὶ τεθνηκότι· οὐ ποτιοῦσιν αὐτὸν ποτήριον εἰς παράκλησιν ἐπὶ πατρὶ καὶ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ.
  • Jeremiah 38:9
    ἐν κλαυθμῷ ἐξῆλθον, καὶ ἐν παρακλήσει ἀνάξω αὐτούς, αὐλίζων ἐπὶ διώρυγας ὑδάτων ἐν ὁδῷ ὀρθῇ, καὶ οὐ μὴ πλανηθῶσιν ἐν αὐτῇ· ὅτι ἐγενόμην τῷ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς πατέρα, καὶ Ἐφράιμ πρωτότοκός μού ἐστιν.

Biblion's Septuagint: the Greek Old Testament in H. B. Swete's edition (Cambridge, 1896–1905), as digitized by the Open Greek and Latin project at the University of Leipzig (First1KGreek), corrected against the printed pages, with lemmas, morphology, Strong's numbers and links to the Hebrew prepared for Biblion. CC BY-SA 4.0.