| Strong#: | 3874 // paraklhsiv paraklesis |
| Orig: | n f // from \\3870\\ |
| NASB: | ==>appeal(1), comfort(13), consolation(1), encouragement(6), exhortation(7), urging(1). |
| AV=29 | ==>consolation 14, exhortation 8, comfort 6, intreaty 1 |
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| Definition: | 1) a calling near, summons, (esp. for help)
2) importation, supplication, entreaty
3) exhortation, admonition, encouragement
4) consolation, comfort, solace; that which affords comfort or refreshment
4a) thus of the Messianic salvation (so the Rabbis call the Messiah
the consoler, the comforter)
5) persuasive discourse, stirring address
5a) instructive, admonitory, conciliatory, powerful hortatory discourse
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| NASB: | a calling to ones aid, i.e. encouragement, comfort: |
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