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

• 2 Corinthians 2:8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1 As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• 2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
• 2 Corinthians 7:7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
• 2 Corinthians 7:13 On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
• 2 Corinthians 8:6 So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
• 2 Corinthians 9:5 So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
• 2 Corinthians 10:1 Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
• 2 Corinthians 12:8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
• 2 Corinthians 12:18 I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
• 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
• Ephesians 4:1 As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
• Ephesians 6:22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.
• Philippians 4:2 I urge Euodia and Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.
• Colossians 2:2 that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
• Colossians 4:8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
• 1 Thessalonians 3:7 For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
• 1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:12 We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
• 1 Timothy 1:3 As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
• 1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
• 1 Timothy 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
• 1 Timothy 6:2 Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.
• 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
• Titus 1:9 He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
• Titus 2:6 In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
• Titus 2:15 Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
• Philemon 1:9 I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
• Philemon 1:10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
• Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
• Hebrews 10:25 Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
• Hebrews 13:19 And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
• Hebrews 13:22 I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
• 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
• 1 Peter 5:1 As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
• 1 Peter 5:12 Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
• 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.