παρά-κλησις, -εως, ἡ
(< παρακαλέω), [in LXX: Jb 21:2, Ps 93 (94):19, Ho 13:14, Na 3:7, Is 57:1866:11, Je 16:7 (נחם, its parts and derivatives), Je 38 (31):9 (תַּחֲנוּן), Is 28:2930:7, I Mac 10:24 12:9, II Mac 7:24 15:11*;]
1. a calling to one's aid, summons (Thus.), hence, appeal, entreaty (Strab., Plut., al., I Mac 10:24; cf. Lft., Notes, 20): II Co 8:4.
2. exhortation, encouragement: Ac 15:31, Ro 12:8, I Co 14:3, II Co 8:17, Phl 2:1, I Th 2:3, I Ti 4:13, He 12:5; λόγος (τῆς) π., Ac 13:15, He 13:22; υἱὸς π., Ac 4:36.
3. consolation, comfort (Phalar., LXX): Lk 6:24, Ac 9:31, II Co 1:4-77:4, 7, 13, II Th 2:16, Phm 7; τ. γραφῶν, Ro 15:4; θεὸς τῆς π., Ro 15:5, II Co 1:3; π. τοῦ Ἰσραήλ (v. Dalman, Words, 109 f.), Lk 2:25.†