Dictionary entry

παραμυθέομαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** παρα-μυθέομαι, -οῦμαι,

[in LXX: II Mac 15:9 (Sm.₈)*;]

1. to encourage, exhort.

2. to comfort, console: c. acc. pers., Jo 11:31, I Th 2:11 5:14; id. seq. περί, Jo 11:19.†

SYN.: παρακαλέω.