to encourage

Greek Verb

προ-τρέπω [in LXX: Wis.14:18, 2Ma.11:7, 4Ma.12:7 4Mac 15:12 4Mac 16:13 *;] to urge forwards, exhort, persuade. Mid, in same sense (as also in cl.): Act.18:27. (AS)

to encourage

Greek Verb

προτρέπω, urge forwards; used by [Refs 8th c.BC+] only intransitive in middle or passive, turn to flight, προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the sun, ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἂψ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἀπ᾽ οὐρανόθεν προτράπηται [Refs 8th c.BC+] give myself up to grief, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) later, in active, urge on, impel, τίς σ᾽ ἀνάγκῃ τῇδε προτρέπε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to κωλύω, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with accusative person et infinitive, urge on, impel, persuade one to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοὺς δικαστὰς ὀργίζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προτρέψαι (or -τρέψασθαι) τινὰ ὥστε πειρᾶσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, with accusative person et infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προτρέπεσθαι ἀνθρώπους ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν, τοὺς συνόντας πρὸς ἐγκράτειαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς. προετρέψατο ὁ Σόλων τὸν Κροῖσον εἴπας, ἐπειρώτα, as Solon's story led Croesus on, he asked, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προτρέψομαι I will lay an injunction on thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; prescribe, ἐν τῇ φαρμακείῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be persuaded or influenced, ὑπὸ τῶν ὀρνίθων ἀποτρέπεσθαι καὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνων -τραπήσεσθαι ὅ τι ἂν κελεύωνται ποιεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+]; προετράπη γράψαι [Refs 3rd c.AD+] III) promote, οὖρα, χυμόν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, ἢν προτρέπηται ὁποῖα δεῖ if stimulated in the right way, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) in middle, outstrip, outdo, πάντας ἐν τῷ πίνειν [Refs 1st c.AD+] V) search out, discover, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to turn forward for oneself, i.e. encourage; exhort; middle voice from g4253 (πρό) and the base of g5157 (τροπή)