Quick Definition
προτρέπω v. I encourage, exhort
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 4253 and the base of 5157; to turn forward for oneself, i.e. encourage
KJV Usage: exhort
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τρόπος
33.300 · (προτρέπομαι) · Communication · Urge, Persuade
to urge to urge a particular course of action
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-τρέπω: 1 aor. mid. ptcp. προτρεψάμενος ; to urge forwards, exhort, encourage, (often so by Attic writ. both in the act. and the mid.): Acts xviii. 27. (Sap. xiv. 18; 2 Mace. xi. 7. [From Hom. down.])
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προτρέπω protrepō 1x
to turn forwards; to impel; to excite, urge, exhort, Acts 18:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προ-τρέπω,
[in LXX: Wi 14:18, II Mac 11:7, IV Mac 12:7 15:12 16:13*;]
to urge forwards, exhort, persuade. Mid., in same sense (as also in cl.): Ac 18:27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προτρέπω. This NT Gm. εἰρ. lends itseli easily to illustration in the same sense as in Ac 1827, “urge forwards,” ‘en courage ’’: P Par 631% (B.c. 164) (=P Petr III. p. 32) προτρεψαμένου τοὺς στρατηγοὺς kal τοὺς λαοὺς ἐ[πι]δέξασθαι τὰ τῆς ἀσχολίας, “instigated the strategi and the people to undertake the labour” (Mahaffy), P Ryl II. 7748 (a.p. 192) ἡμῶν δὲ προτρεπομένων αὐτὸν ἀναδέξασθαι τὴν κοσμητείαν, ““but when we urged him to undertake the office of cosmetes ” (Edd.), BGU I. 164” (ii/iii A.D.) ἐὰν μὴ τοῦτο ποιήσῃς Kal αὐτὸν tla]kxéws παρ[αγ]ενέϊσ]θαι, P Oxy X. 1252 werso%® (A.D. 288-95) προετρεψάμην ᾿Αμμώνιον... ἐν τῷ μεταξὼ(-- d) ἀποδοῦναι, “1 urged Ammonius to discharge this in the meantime,’” OG/S 339° (c. B.C. 120) ἵνα. .. ζηλωταὶ μὲν τῶν καλλίστων γίνωνται, προτρέπωνται δὲ πρὸς ἀρετήν, Syll 326 (-Ξ 5. 7οο)" (c. B.C. 107) ἐπί] τὰ κάλλιστα καὶ ἐνδοξότατα τὸν [βασ]ιλέα προτρεπόμενος, and 20. 686 (= ὁ το)3)"} (A.D. 117) ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἀγωνίσζεσθαι προτρεπόμενος. See also Aazbel 940° s.v, παραδειγματίζω. For the subst. see P Oxy X. 1252 verso*? (ΑΛ. Ὁ. 288-95) οἵτινες κατὰ μὲν τὴν προτροπὴν τῆς βουλῆς παρελθόντες, ““who came forward at the behest of the senate,’’ and for the adj. see Vett. Val. p. 55 προτρεπτικῶν kal διδασκαλικῶν λόγων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προτρέπω (protrepō) — to encourage. 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+]