Word study · Greek
parakaleō
to encourage, to exhort, to comfort
Say it: par-ak-al-EH-oh (approximate)
παρακαλέω
What it means
To call alongside, to comfort, to urge. This is the key verb of the opening of the letter: God "comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction" (1:4), and Titus's arrival "comforted" Paul (7:6-7).
Range of meaning
- EncourageGive courage.
- ExhortUrge.
- ComfortConsole.
In 2 Corinthians
- Chapter 1
"The God of all comfort... who comforts us" (1:3-6).
Every verse (15)
- 2 Corinthians 1:4
- 2 Corinthians 1:6
- 2 Corinthians 2:7
- 2 Corinthians 2:8
- 2 Corinthians 5:20
- 2 Corinthians 6:1
- 2 Corinthians 7:6
- 2 Corinthians 7:7
- 2 Corinthians 7:13
- 2 Corinthians 8:6
- 2 Corinthians 9:5
- 2 Corinthians 10:1
- 2 Corinthians 12:8
- 2 Corinthians 12:18
- 2 Corinthians 13:11
Verses where G3870 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources