A1. Encourage, Encouragement [Verb]
protrepo "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.
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A2. Encourage, Encouragement [Verb]
paramutheomai from para, "with," and muthos, "counsel, advice," is translated "encouraging" in 1_Thess_2:11, RV, and "encourage" in 1_Thess_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_Cor_14:3, and paramuthion, Php_2:1, "comfort."
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B1. Encourage, Encouragement [Noun]
paraklesis "a calling to one's aid" (para, "by the side," kaleo, "to call"), then, "an exhortation, encouragement," is translated "encouragement" in Heb_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.
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