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exhort Definition

ex·hort (eg zôrt, ig-)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to urge earnestly by advice, warning, etc. (to do what is proper or required); admonish strongly

Etymology: ME exhorten < L exhortari, to exhort < ex-, out + hortari, to urge: see hortatory

exhort Synonyms

exhort

v.

urge, admonish, caution, entreat; see advise 1, urge 2. See syn. study at urge.

exhort Usage Examples

Object

  • brethren: No wonder Peter was exhorting the brethren to offer hospitality without grumbling!
  • congregation: I buried a corpse, and exhorted the congregation.
  • believer: The Lord exhorts the believers in Ephesus to retrace their steps.
  • everyone: Had the whistling wind exhorted everyone to retreat to the safety of their homes, everyone but Nancy and little Steven?
  • reader: Now in verses 12 through 16, Paul exhorted the readers to that.

Preposition: with

  • longsuffering: Be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Infinitive complement

  • do: I even partook of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, because exhorted so to do.
  • vote: Each car Polly exhorted to vote for Governor Brooke, her mother's demigod, her mother's boyfriend.
  • live: We are all exhorted therefore to live according to the Law.
  • learn: National parks are also exhorted to learn from the Dartmoor rover ticket.
  • follow: The elders do set a pattern for the other believers we are explicitely exhorted to follow the pattern of lived faith of our elders.
  • go: We are continually exhorted to go back to the " fathers " for guidance in ecclesiastical matters.

Modifying Another Word

  • earnestly: We took leave of each other with many tears; and I earnestly exhorted them to continue in the grace of God.
  • constantly: After all, widening access is something that the educational and political establishments constantly exhort us to do.
  • strongly: I strongly exhorted the people to put on the whole armor of God.
  • therefore: We are all exhorted therefore to live according to the Law.
  • all: We are all exhorted therefore to live according to the Law.

Preposition: in

  • doctrine: Then in order that they may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and refute those who contradict, positive and negative.