What does προτρέπομαι (protrépomai) mean in the Bible?
προτρέπομαι (protrépomai) is a Greek word meaning "to encourage".
Greek · G4389
προτρέπομαι
To encourage
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προτρέπομαιG4389
Pronunciationprotrépomai
What does προτρέπομαι (protrépomai) mean in the Bible?
προτρέπομαι (protrépomai) is a Greek word meaning "to encourage".
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How does the BSB render G4389?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include encouraged [him] (1).
Where does προτρέπομαι (protrépomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 18:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itencouraged [him]1×Acts 18:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 18:27
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
προτρεψάμενοι1xprotrepsamenoiActs 18:27
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural1xActs 18:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to encourage
Strong'sG4389
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to encourage
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to urge forwards, exhort, persuade. Mid., in same sense (as also in cl.): Act.18:27.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 18:27Verb Aorist Middle Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
προτρεψάμενοιprotreyamenoi
I encourage, exhort
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesAoristVoicesMiddle
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Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Aorist MiddleActs 18:271×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
middle1
Mood
participle1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
προτρέπομαι is built from these roots:
τροπήG5157
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