παρακαλέω parakaléō

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray

Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G2564 (καλέω);

Where it is used

• 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 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
• Matthew 8:5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
• Matthew 8:31 So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
• 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 14:36 and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
• Matthew 18:29 So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’
• Matthew 18:32 Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
• Matthew 26:53 Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
• Mark 1:40 Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
• Mark 5:10 And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.
• Mark 5:12 So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
• Mark 5:17 And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
• Mark 5:18 As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him.
• Mark 5:23 and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
• Mark 6:56 And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
• Mark 7:32 Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
• Mark 8:22 When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
• Luke 3:18 With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
• Luke 7:4 They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,
• Luke 8:31 And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
• Luke 8:32 There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
• Luke 8:41 Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
• Luke 15:28 The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
• Luke 16:25 But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
• Acts 2:40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
• Acts 8:31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
• Acts 9:38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”
• Acts 11:23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
• Acts 13:42 As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
• Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• Acts 15:32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
• Acts 16:9 During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
• Acts 16:15 And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
• Acts 16:39 They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
• Acts 16:40 After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.
• Acts 19:31 Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
• Acts 20:1 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
• Acts 20:2 After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
• Acts 20:12 And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.
• Acts 21:12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
• Acts 24:4 But in order not to delay you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.
• Acts 25:2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
• Acts 27:33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
• Acts 27:34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
• Acts 28:14 There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
• Acts 28:20 So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
• Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
• Romans 12:8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
• Romans 15:30 Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
• Romans 16:17 Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
• 1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
• 1 Corinthians 4:13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
• 1 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
• 1 Corinthians 14:31 For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.
• 1 Corinthians 16:12 Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.
• 1 Corinthians 16:15 You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
• 2 Corinthians 1:4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
• 2 Corinthians 1:6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
• 2 Corinthians 2:7 So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.