Jul 12 2009
Parakaleo
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
