Romans 15:5 Social Blogs » intreat http://romans155.com/social Endurance, Encouragement, and Unity! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:31:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Parakaleo http://romans155.com/social/blog/2009/07/12/parakaleo/ http://romans155.com/social/blog/2009/07/12/parakaleo/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:44:20 +0000 admin http://romans155.com/social/?p=3 Exhortation:
v. (Gr. – parakaleo), exhort, urge, beseech, intreat – comfort.
n. (Gr. – paraklesis), exhortation, admonishment – comfort, consolation.

The word translated “exhort/exhortation” in the English Bible is usually parakaleo which is a verb, and its corresponding noun form paraklesis. The two parts of this word are para – a prefix meaning “alongside,” “with,” or “near” and kaleo/klesis meaning “call.” The literal expanded meaning then would be something like “drawing near to summon,” or “calling to one’s side.”1

1. Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Englishmen’s Greek Concordance of the New Testament

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