Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
παρα-καλέω (G3870)
109 παρα-καλέω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for נחם ni., pi.;] to call to one, call for , summon : Ac 28:20 (R, mg.; R, txt., entreat ); hence (of the gods: Dem., Xen., al.), to invoke , call on , beseech , entreat : τ. πατέρα μου , Mt 26:53 ; τ. κύριον , II Co 12:8 ; in late writers (Polyb., Diod., al.; rarely in LXX; in π. , v. Deiss., LAE , 176 14 ), also of men: absol., Phm 9 ; c. acc., Mt 8:5 , Mk 1:40 , Ac 16:9 , al.; c. inf., Mk 5:17 , Lk 8:41 , Ac 8:31 , al.; seq. ἵνα (v. M, Pr. , 205, 208), Mt 14:36 , Mk 5:18 , Lk 8:31 , al. to admonish , exhort : absol., Lk 3:18 , Ro 12:8 , II Ti 4:2 , al.; c. acc., Ac 15:32 , I Th 2:11 , He 3:13 , al.; id. seq. inf., Ac 11:23 , Ro 12:1 , Phl 4:2 , I Th 4:10 , al.; seq. ἵνα (v. M, Pr. , 205, 208), I Co 1:10 , II Co 8:6 , I Th 4:1 , al. to cheer , encourage , comfort (Plut., LXX: Jb 4:3 , Is 35:3 , Si 43:24 , al.): c. acc., II Co 1:6 , Eph 6:22 , Col 2:2 , al.; id. seq. ἐν , I Th 4:18 ; διά , II Co 1:4 ; pass., Mt 5:4 , Lk 16:25 , Ac 20:12 . SYN. : παραμυθέω (cf. M, Th. , 25).
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