G3888
παραμυθέομαι
to encourage
παρα-μυθέομαι, -οῦμαι [in LXX: 2Ma.15:9 (Sm. 8)* ;] __1. to encourage, exhort. __2. to comfort, console: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.11:31, 1Th.2:11 5:14; id. before περί, Jhn.11:19.† SYN.: παρακαλέω (AS)
The KJV translates G3888 in the following manner:
comfort (4x), comforted (4x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
παραμυθέομαι — paramythéomai
παραμυθέομαι, παραμυθοῦμαι; 1 aorist παρεμυθησαμην; from Homer down; to speak to, address one, whether by way of admonition and incentive, or to calm and console; hence, equivalent to to encourage, console: τινα, Joh 11:31; 1Th 2:12;; τινα περί τίνος, Joh 11:19.
3 occurrences
John (2), I Thessalonians (1)