Strong's Greek · G3870

παρακαλέω

parakaléō

beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray

Definition

to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)

Derivation

from G3844 (παρά) and G2564 (καλέω);

Appears 109 times in Scripture

Matthew 18:32

Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

Mark 5:12

So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

Matthew 2:18

“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Matthew 18:29

So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

Jude 1:3

Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

Matthew 14:36

and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Mark 5:10

And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

Matthew 8:34

Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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