παράκλησις

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paraklhvsew",
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parakalevw, which see);1. properly, a calling near, summons (especially for help, Thucydides 4, 61; Demosthenes, p. 275, 20).2. imploration, supplication, entreaty: (Strabo 13, p. 581; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 1, 5; (contra Apion 2, 23, 3
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lovgoi
paraklhvsew", words of appeal, containing entreaties, ).3. exhortation, admonition, encouragement: (others refer this to 4); ; ; ; ; ;
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paraklhvsew", (; (11); Plato, del. 415 e.; Thucydides 8, 92; Aeschines, Polybius, others).4. consolation, comfort, solace: ; ; (add, ; ) (; Has. ; (; ); Phalaris, epistle 97 at the beginning);
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grafw'n, afforded by the contents of the Scriptures, (Winer's Grammar, 189 (178));
Qeov"
th'"
paraklhvsew", God the author and bestower of comfort, ; ; solace or cheer which comes from a happy lot or a prosperous state of things, ; ,, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 393 (368)); ; by metonymy, that which affords comfort or refreshment; thus of the Messianic salvation, (so the rabbis call the Messiah the consoler, the comforter,
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ejxochvn, !jen"m] (cf. W?nsche, Neue Beitr?ge as above with at the passage; Sch?ttgen, Horae Hebrew etc. ii. 18)).5. universally, "persuasive discourse, stirring address -- instructive; admonitory, consolatory; powerful hortatory discourse": ;
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paraklhvsew" (A. V. "word of exhortation), ;
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paraklhvsew" (a son of exhortation), a man gifted in teaching, admonishing, consoling, ; used of the apostles' instruction or preaching, .*