Encouragement Encourage

Encouragement Encourage

'''A — 1: προτρέπω (Strong'S #4389 — Verb — protrepo — prot-rep'-om-ahee )

"to urge forward, persuade," is used in  Acts 18:27 in the Middle Voice, Rv, "encouraged," indicating their particular interest in giving Apollos the "encouragement" mentioned; the Av, "exhorting," wrongly connects the verb.

'''A — 2: παραμυθέομαι (Strong'S #3888 — Verb — paramutheomai — par-am-oo-theh'-om-ahee )

from para, "with," and muthos, "counsel, advice," is translated "encouraging" in  1 Thessalonians 2:11 , Rv, and "encourage" in  1 Thessalonians 5:14 , Rv, there signifying to stimulate to the discharge of the ordinary duties of life. In  John 11:19,31 , it means "to comfort." See Comfort. Cp. the nouns paramuthia,   1 Corinthians 14:3 , and paramuthion,  Philippians 2:1 , "comfort."

'''B — 1: παράκλησις (Strong'S #3874 — Noun Feminine — paraklesis — par-ak'-lay-sis )

"a calling to one's aid" (para, "by the side," kaleo, "to call"), then, "an exhortation, encouragement," is translated "encouragement" in  Hebrews 6:18 , Rv, for Av, "consolation;" it is akin to parakaleo, "to beseeach or exhort, encourage, comfort," and parakletos, "a paraclete or advocate." See Comfort , Consolation , Exhortation , Intreaty.