Paramutheomai παραμυθέομαι

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Paramutheomai
παραμυθέομαι
Transliterationparamutheomai
Strong's numberG3888
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto encourage
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inJohn (2)

Paramutheomai (Greek παραμυθέομαι, Strong's G3888) is a Greek verb meaning “to encourage”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

παρα-μυθέομαι, -οῦμαι
[in LXX: 2Ma.15:9 (Sm. 8)* ;]
1. to en­courage, exhort.
2. to comfort, console: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.11:31, 1Th.2:11 5:14; id. before περί, Jhn.11:19.†
SYN.: παρακαλέω (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcomfort (2), comforted (2)
BSBconsole (1), consoling (1), comforting (1), encourage (1)

Verses

Every verse with Paramutheomai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

John

1 Thessalonians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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