Word study · Greek

paraklēsis

encouragement, comfort

Say it: par-AK-lay-sis (approximate)

παράκλησις

What it means

Appeal, encouragement. "Our exhortation" (2:3).

Range of meaning

  • EncouragementGiving courage.
  • ComfortConsolation.
  • ExhortationUrging.

In 1 Thessalonians

  • Chapter 2

    "For our exhortation is not of error" (2:3).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3874 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources