παρά-κλησις, -εως, ἡ

(παρακαλέω), [in LXX : Job.21:2, Psa.94:19, Hos.13:14, Nam.3:7, Isa.57:18 66:11, Jer.16:7 (נָחַם, its parts and derivatives), Jer.38:9 (תַּחֲנוּן), Isa.28:29 30:7, 1Ma.10:24 1Mac 12:9, 2Ma.7:24 2Mac 15:11 * ;]

__1. a calling to one's aid, summons (Thus.), hence, appeal, entreaty (Strab. Plut. al. 1Ma.10:24; of. Lft. Notes, 20) : 2Co.8:4.

__2. exhortation, encouragement: Act.15:31, Rom.12:8, 1Co.14:3, 2Co.8:17, Php.2:1, 1Th.2:3, 1Ti.4:13, Heb.12:5; λόγος (τῆς) π. Act.13:15, Heb.13:22; υἱὸς π. Act.4:36.

__3. consolation, comfort (Phalar. LXX) : Luk.6:24, Act.9:31, 2Co.1:4-7 7:4 7:7 7:13, 2Th.2:16, Phm 7; τ. γραφῶν, Rom.15:4; θεὸς τῆς π. Rom.15:5, 2Co.1:3; π. τοῦ Ἰσραήλ (see Dalman, Words, 109 f.), Lk

(AS)

a calling to one's aid; summons; appeal; entreaty; exhortation; encouragement; consolation; comfort