παρακαλέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρά (pará, “near”) +‎ καλέω (kaléō, “call”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.ka.lé.ɔː/ → /pa.ra.kaˈle.o/ → /pa.ra.kaˈle.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.ka.lé.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.kaˈle.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.kaˈle.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.kaˈle.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.kaˈle.o/

Verb

παρακαλέω • (parakaléō)

1. to call in, summon, send for
2. to appeal
3. to urge
4. to exhort

   Synonyms: παρηγορέω (parēgoréō), παραινέω (parainéō)

5. to comfort

   Synonyms: παρηγορέω (parēgoréō), παραμυθέομαι (paramuthéomai)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• παράκλησις (paráklēsis)

Descendants

• Greek: παρακαλώ (parakaló)

Further reading

• “παρακαλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παρακαλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παρακαλέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3870 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible