παράκλητος
paraklētos
παρά-κλητος, -ον
(παρακαλεω), [in Aq., Th.: Job.16:2 * ;]
called to one's aid in a judicial cause (Dion. Cass.); hence, most frequently as subst., ὁ π., an advocate, pleader, intercessor (Dem., al.; so in Rabbinic lit., פְּרַקְלִיטָא), "a friend of the accused person, called to speak to his character, or otherwise enlist sympathy in his favour" (Field, Notes, 102). In NT, specif., ὁ π.,
(a) of Christ, 1Jn.2:1 (see ICC, Jo. Epp., 23 ff.);
(b) of the Holy Spirit (AV, comforter; but see opp. with), Jhn.14:16, 26 15:26 16:7 (cf. also Abbott, Essays, 86, 97; Deiss., LAE, 339 f.; MM, xviii; Westc., Jo., ii, 188)
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Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 5 verses
- John 14:16 Παράκλητον
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
- John 14:26 Παράκλητος
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- John 15:26 Παράκλητος
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
- John 16:7 Παράκλητος
But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
- 1 John 2:1 Παράκλητον
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
