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)
(AS)
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