verb

Greekπαραινέω (paraineō)

Biblang

parainamō

Strong’sG3867

I admonish, advise, exhort

stem parain-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

** παρ-αινέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: II Mac 7:25, 26, III Mac 5:17 7:12*;]

to exhort, advise: c. acc. pers. et inf. (v. Bl., § 72, 5; M, Pr., 205), Ac 27:22; absol., seq. λέγων, Ac 27:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3867 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-ahee-neh'-o

to mispraise, i.e. recommend or advise (a different course)

Fromfrom G3844 and G134;

King Jamesadmonish, exhort.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

παραιν-έω,
3rd.pers. singular imperfect παρῄνει Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect παραίνεε Refs 5th c.BC+: future -έσωRefs 5th c.BC+ -έσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist παρῄνεσα Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect -αίνεσαRefs 5th c.BC+: perfect παρῄνεκα Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, aorist παρῃνέθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect infinitive παρῃνῆσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+:— exhort, recommend, advise, παραίνεσε μὴ φειδομένους κτείνειν πάντα Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τινί with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; τι Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τινί advise a person, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ὥσπερ πρότερον παρῃνέθη Refs 5th c.BC+
2 advise or recommend publicly, propose, παρῄνει τοιάδε Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ π. advise not.., with infinitive (compare οὔ φημι, etc.), Refs

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

advised1×urge1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
parainamōπαραινῶ	happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular	urge	1×
parainateπαρῄνει	was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular	advised	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	parainamō1×παραινῶ	parainame	parainami	parainama	parainamē	parainamelē
you 2nd person singular	parainasō	parainase	parainasi	parainasa	parainasē	parainaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	parainatō	parainate1×παρῄνει	parainati	parainata	parainatē	parainatelē
we 1st person plural	parainanō	parainane	parainani	parainana	parainanē	parainanelē
ye 2nd person plural	parainavō	parainave	parainavi	parainava	parainavē	parainavelē
they 3rd person plural	parainalō	parainale	parainali	parainala	parainalē	parainalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	parainameiō	parainameia	parainameiē
you 2nd person singular	parainaseiō	parainaseia	parainaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	parainateiō	parainateia	parainateiē
we 1st person plural	parainaneiō	parainaneia	parainaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	parainaveiō	parainaveia	parainaveiē
they 3rd person plural	parainaleiō	parainaleia	parainaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	parainasōr	parainasar	parainasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	parainatōr	parainatar	parainatēr
ye 2nd person plural	parainavōr	parainavar	parainavēr
they 3rd person plural	parainalōr	parainalar	parainalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	parainamoiō	parainamoia
you 2nd person singular	parainasoiō	parainasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	parainatoiō	parainatoia
we 1st person plural	parainanoiō	parainanoia
ye 2nd person plural	parainavoiō	parainavoia
they 3rd person plural	parainaloiō	parainaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	parainarō	parainari	parainara	parainarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	parainarōntos	parainarintos	parainarantos	parainarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

parainstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

parain is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

parainamō“urge”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular1×

Acts 27:22kai teim nun parainamō vin euthumarō, apobolas gar psuchau oudenas …But now I urge you to keep up your courage …

parainate“advised”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 27:9… tem kai tan nēsteian ēdē parercharē, parainate tos Paulos… was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,