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
Appears 109 times in Scripture
“Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.”
“So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.””
““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.””
“So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’”
“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.”
“and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.”
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
“And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.”
“Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.”
“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).