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 encourage, urge, comfort, or appeal. Barnabas "exhorted them all to continue with the Lord" (11:23); his name means "son of encouragement" (huios paraklēseōs, 4:36). It is the root of paraklētos, the Counselor.
Range of meaning
- EncourageGive courage.
- ExhortUrge.
- ComfortConsole.
In Acts
- Chapter 11
Barnabas "exhorted them all" (11:23).
Every verse (22)
- Acts 2:40
- Acts 8:31
- Acts 9:38
- Acts 11:23
- Acts 13:42
- Acts 14:22
- Acts 15:32
- Acts 16:9
- Acts 16:15
- Acts 16:39
- Acts 16:40
- Acts 19:31
- Acts 20:1
- Acts 20:2
- Acts 20:12
- Acts 21:12
- Acts 24:4
- Acts 25:2
- Acts 27:33
- Acts 27:34
- Acts 28:14
- Acts 28:20
Verses where G3870 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources