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παρά-κλησις

paraklesis · ἡ

calling to oneʼs aid, summons

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Where it lives

Philemon 1 · 30.49/10k
2 Corinthians 10 · 22.3/10k
2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Philippians 1 · 6.26/10k
Hebrews 3 · 5.97/10k
Romans 3 · 4.28/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Acts 4 · 2.22/10k
Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρά-κλησις · para-klēsis — LSJ

calling to oneʼs aid, summons, packed

calling to oneʼs aid, summons, οἱ ἐκ παρακλήσεως συγκαθήμενοι a packed party in the assembly, D. 18.143.

2 imploring, appealing, of, on the part of, deprecation

imploring, appealing, τινος of or on the part of one, Th. 4.61 ; deprecation, συγγνώμης δεῖ καὶ π. Str. 13.1.1.

3 invocation

invocation of gods, Iamb. Myst. 4.3 (pl.).

4 demand, request, demand

demand, request, PGrenf. 1.32.7 (pl., ii B.C.), etc.; κατὰ -σιν on demand, PLond. 3.1164d10 (iii A. D.).

II exhortation, address, a mere address

exhortation, address, πρὸς τὸν ὄχλον Th. 8.92 ; οὐ π. εὑρόντες, ἀλλὰ παραίνεσιν γράψαντες not a mere address to their feelings, but counsel to act rightly, Isoc. 1.5 ; π. τῶν πολιτῶν πρὸς ἀρετήν Aeschin. 1.117 ; τὴν τῆς σωφροσύνης παράκλησιν . . αὐτοὺς παρακέκληκα Id. 2.180 ; ἀξιώσεις καὶ -κλήσεις Plb. 1.67.10.

III consolation

consolation, LXX Is. 30.7, Na. 3.7, Ep.Hebr. 6.18, Phalar. Ep. 103.1.

In the wild

παράκλησις · paraklēsis Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1102b (DIORISIS sentence 363)
παράκλησις · paraklēsis Epictetus, Discourses 3.23 (DIORISIS sentence 5239)
παράκλησιν · paraklēsin New Testament, 1 Corinthians 14.3 (DIORISIS sentence 405)
παράκλησις · paraklēsis New Testament, 1 Thessalonians 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 8)
παρακλήσει · paraklēsei New Testament, 1 Timothy 4.13 (DIORISIS sentence 47)
παρακλήσεως · paraklēseōs New Testament, 2 Corinthians 1.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3)

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