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In the context of the Bible, the term "urged" often refers to the act of earnestly or persistently persuading someone to take a particular action or adopt a certain viewpoint. This concept is seen throughout Scripture, where individuals are encouraged or exhorted to follow God's commandments, pursue righteousness, or engage in specific actions that align with divine will.

Old Testament Instances

One notable instance of urging in the Old Testament is found in the account of Lot in Genesis 19. The angels who visited Sodom urged Lot to flee the city to escape impending destruction. Genesis 19:15 states, "As the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, 'Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.'" Here, the urgency of the angels' message underscores the seriousness of the situation and the necessity of immediate action.

Another example is found in the narrative of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. In Exodus 12:33 , the Egyptians urged the Israelites to leave quickly after the final plague: "And the Egyptians urged the people to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, 'We will all die!'" This urging was driven by fear and a recognition of the power of God displayed through the plagues.

New Testament Instances

In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul frequently uses the concept of urging in his epistles to encourage believers to live according to the teachings of Christ. In Romans 12:1 , Paul writes, "Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship." Here, Paul is urging believers to dedicate their lives to God as an act of worship, emphasizing the importance of living a life that reflects God's mercy and grace.

Similarly, in 1 Thessalonians 4:1 , Paul states, "Finally, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us." This urging is a call to ethical and moral living, aligning one's actions with the teachings of Jesus.

Theological Implications

The act of urging in the Bible often carries theological significance, as it reflects the urgency and importance of aligning one's life with God's will. It serves as a reminder of the immediacy of God's call and the necessity of responding to His guidance without delay. The concept underscores the active role believers are to take in their faith journey, responding to divine prompting with obedience and commitment.

Practical Application

For contemporary believers, the biblical instances of urging serve as a model for how to respond to God's call in their own lives. Whether it is through the prompting of the Holy Spirit, the counsel of fellow believers, or the teachings of Scripture, the act of urging encourages a proactive and responsive faith. It challenges individuals to consider the areas in their lives where they may need to act decisively in accordance with God's will, fostering a deeper relationship with Him and a more vibrant Christian witness.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Urge.

Greek

3849. parabiazomai -- to force against (nature)
... successful). Word Origin from para and biazo Definition to force against
(nature) NASB Word Usage prevailed (1), urged (1). constrain. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3849.htm - 7k

3870. parakaleo -- to call to or for, to exhort, to encourage
... implored (9), imploring (5), invited (2), making an appeal (1), plead (1), pleaded
(1), pleading (1), preach (1), requested (1), urge (17), urged (5), urging (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3870.htm - 10k

Strong's Hebrew

509. alats -- to urge
... to urge. Transliteration: alats Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lats') Short Definition:
urged. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to urge NASB Word Usage urged (1). ...
/hebrew/509.htm - 5k

6484. patsar -- to push, press
... 6483b, 6484. patsar. 6485 . to push, press. Transliteration: patsar Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-tsar') Short Definition: urged. Word Origin a prim. ...
/hebrew/6484.htm - 6k

2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... take hold (7), taken (2), taken hold (1), takes (1), takes hold (2), tie your securely
(1), took (2), took courage (2), took hold (5), upholds (1), urged* (1). ...
/hebrew/2388.htm - 8k

213. uts -- to press, be pressed, make haste
... to press, be pressed, make haste NASB Word Usage hasten (1), hasty (2), hurried
(1), hurries (1), makes haste (1), narrow (1), pressed (1), try (1), urged (1). ...
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6555. parats -- to break through
... 1), made (1), made an outburst (1), outburst* (2), overflow (1), sinks (1), spread
(3), spread abroad (1), tear down (1), through (1), tore down (2), urged (4 ...
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5921. al -- upon, above, over
... 3), throughout (3), together (3), too (3), top (1), top* (2), toward (20), toward*
(5), under (12), until (1), upright* (2), upside* (1), urged* (1), view (1 ...
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Library

The Care of the Soul Urged as the one Thing Needful
... The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful. Luke 10:42 " "But
one thing is needful." It was the amiable character of our ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the care of the soul.htm

For if they be Urged from the Gospel that they Should Put Nothing ...
... Section 31. For if they be urged from the Gospel that they should put
nothing by? 31. For if they be urged from the Gospel that ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 31 for if they.htm

Weakness of the Pleas Urged in Defence of Second Marriage.
... Chapter XVI."Weakness of the Pleas Urged in Defence of Second Marriage.
But I smile when (the plea of) "infirmity of the flesh ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter xvi weakness of the pleas.htm

The Christian Urged To, and Assisted In, an Express Act of Self ...
... THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF RELIGION IN THE SOUL. CHAPTER XVII. THE CHRISTIAN URGED
TO, AND ASSISTED IN, AN EXPRESS ACT OF SELF-DEDICATION TO THE SERVICE OF GOD. ...
/.../chapter xvii the christian urged.htm

The Awakened Sinner Urged to Immediate Consideration and Cautioned ...
... THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF RELIGION IN THE SOUL. CHAPTER III. THE AWAKENED SINNER
URGED TO IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND CAUTIONED AGAINST DELAY. ...
/.../chapter iii the awakened sinner.htm

The Established Christian Urged to Exert Himself for Purposes of ...
... CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ESTABLISHED CHRISTIAN URGED TO EXERT HIMSELF FOR PURPOSES OF
USEFULNESS. ... Prudence in expense urged, for the support of charity."14. ...
/.../chapter xxviii the established christian.htm

We Might Long Ago have Urged You to Ponder This...
... Book V. 15 We might long ago have urged you to ponder this? We might long
ago have urged you to ponder this, were it not foolish ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/15 we might long ago.htm

Certain Passages from Scripture, Urged against the Omnipotence of ...
... Book II. Chapter V. Certain passages from Scripture, urged against the
Omnipotence of Christ? Certain passages from Scripture, urged ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter v certain passages from.htm

Examples of Heathens Urged as Commendatory of Widowhood and ...
... Book I. Chapter VI."Examples of Heathens Urged as Commendatory of Widowhood
and Celibacy. But if they who have (wives) are (thus ...
/.../tertullian/to his wife/chapter vi examples of heathens urged.htm

Parental Duties Considered and Urged.
... SERMON XXII. Parental Duties considered and urged. Malachi ii.15. "And did not he
make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? ...
/.../sermon xxii parental duties considered.htm

Thesaurus

Urged (44 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Urge. Multi-Version Concordance Urged (44 Occurrences). ... Matthew
16:20 Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ. (WEY). ...
/u/urged.htm - 19k

Urge (34 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 8:6 So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would
also complete in you this grace. (Root in WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV). ...
/u/urge.htm - 15k

Urging (10 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:43 Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout
proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to ...
/u/urging.htm - 9k

Repeatedly (28 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:4 Having searched for the disciples and found them, we stayed at Tyre for
seven days; and, taught by the Spirit, they repeatedly urged Paul not to ...
/r/repeatedly.htm - 14k

Calling (145 Occurrences)
... Similarly it is a heavenly calling (Hebrews 3:1); also a holy calling, holy in aim,
means, and end (2 Timothy 1:9). Christians are urged to walk worthy of this ...
/c/calling.htm - 38k

Biblical
... orthodox theology. Indeed, Pietism, too, urged its claims as Biblical dogma,
over against the too scholastic dogma of orthodoxy. 2 ...
/b/biblical.htm - 45k

Theology
... orthodox theology. Indeed, Pietism, too, urged its claims as Biblical dogma,
over against the too scholastic dogma of orthodoxy. 2 ...
/t/theology.htm - 95k

Naaman (19 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 5:16 But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive
none." He urged him to take it; but he refused. (See NIV). ...
/n/naaman.htm - 15k

Searched (71 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:4 Having searched for the disciples and found them, we stayed at Tyre for
seven days; and, taught by the Spirit, they repeatedly urged Paul not to ...
/s/searched.htm - 27k

Golgotha (4 Occurrences)
... Against it may be urged that there is no shadow of evidence that there was any special
place for Jewish executions in the 1st century, and that, if there were ...
/g/golgotha.htm - 19k

Resources

How did Timothy die? | GotQuestions.org

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Urged: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Urged (44 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:23
But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
(See NIV)

Matthew 16:20
Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ.
(WEY)

Matthew 27:20
The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.
(WEY)

Mark 15:11
But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference;
(WEY)

Luke 24:29
They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.
(WEB NAS NIV)

John 4:31
In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
(WEB NIV)

John 4:40
So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
(See NIV)

Acts 7:26
"The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying,'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'
(WEB YLT)

Acts 9:38
As Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him not to delay in coming to them.
(See NIV)

Acts 13:28
Without having found Him guilty of any capital offence they urged Pilate to have Him put to death;
(WEY)

Acts 13:43
Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
(WEB WEY ASV RSV NIV)

Acts 13:50
But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.
(ASV)

Acts 16:15
When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgement I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she made us go there.
(WEY NAS)

Acts 19:31
and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
(DBY NAS)

Acts 21:4
Having searched for the disciples and found them, we stayed at Tyre for seven days; and, taught by the Spirit, they repeatedly urged Paul not to proceed to Jerusalem.
(WEY NIV)

Acts 25:2
Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,
(See RSV)

1 Corinthians 16:12
Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.
(WEB WEY RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 8:6
So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 12:18
I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? Didn't we walk in the same steps?
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 2:10
Only they urged that we should remember their poor--a thing which was uppermost in my own mind.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 1:3
As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 19:3
He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Genesis 19:15
And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 33:11
Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 5:13
And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
(DBY)

Exodus 12:33
And the Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men!
(DBY NAS NIV)

Joshua 15:18
And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father a field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?
(DBY RSV NIV)

Judges 1:14
When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field; and she alighted from her ass, and Caleb said to her, "What do you wish?"
(DBY RSV NIV)

Judges 14:17
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she urged him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
(WBS)

Judges 16:16
It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Judges 19:7
The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh's anointed.
(WEB NIV)

1 Samuel 28:23
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
(See JPS NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 13:25
And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to thee. And he urged him, but he would not go; and he blessed him.
(DBY NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 13:27
and Absalom urgeth on him, and he sendeth with him Amnon, and all the sons of the king.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 14:19
The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;
(WEB)

1 Kings 21:25
But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 2:17
When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send them." They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn't find him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 4:8
It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Kings 5:16
But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 5:23
Naaman said, "Be pleased to take two talents." He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 18:2
And after certain years he went down to Ahab, to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and urged him to go up against Ramoth-Gilead.
(DBY NIV)

Esther 8:14
So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 36:25
Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not hear them.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Urged

Related Terms

Urgently (8 Occurrences)

Insistent (2 Occurrences)

Instant (19 Occurrences)

Peremptory (2 Occurrences)

Pressing (16 Occurrences)

Burial (25 Occurrences)

Loud (222 Occurrences)

Haste (106 Occurrences)

Urged (44 Occurrences)