HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7717
שָׂהֵד
sa.hed — advocate
witness
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Advocate
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G3875
παράκλητος
paraklētos — counsellor
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)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4318
προσαγωγή
prosagōgē — access
προσ-αγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ (προσάγω), 1. a bringing to. 2. approach, access (see Lft., Notes, 284; MM, xxi): Rom.5:2, Eph.2:18 3:12 (but see Ellic., Eph., 59 f., where the transitive sense "introduction " is advocated).† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4807
מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל
me.riv ba.al — Merib-baal
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.4; son of: Jonathan (H3083H); father of: Micah (H4318H); also called Merib-baal at 1Ch.8.34; 9.40; Another name of me.phi.vo.shet (מְפִיבֹשֶׁת "Mephibosheth" H4648G) § Merib-baal = "Baal is my advocate" 1) another name for Mephibosheth 1a) son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4810
מְרִי בַעַל
me.ri va.al — Merib-baal
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.4; son of: Jonathan (H3083H); father of: Micah (H4318H); also called Merib-baal at 1Ch.8.34; 9.40; Another spelling of me.phi.vo.shet (מְפִיבֹשֶׁת "Mephibosheth" H4648) § Merib-baal = "Baal is my advocate" 1) another name for Mephibosheth 1a) son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21005
προήγορος
proēgoros — defender, advocate
defender, advocate
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21188
συνεῖπον
suneipon — arranged
1. to speak with any one, confirm what another says, (Isocrates Orator): to agree with , τινί (Xenophon Historicus) 2. to advocate another's cause, (Demosthenes Orator); generally, to help, further , (Isocrates Orator) 3. to help to tell , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(Gr. parakletos), one who pleads another’s cause, who helps another by defending or comforting him. It is a name given by Christ three times to the Holy Ghost (John 14:16; 15:26; 16:7, where the Greek word is rendered “Comforter,” q.v.). It is applied to Christ in 1 John 2:1, where the same Greek word is rendered “Advocate,” the rendering which it should have in all the places where it occurs. Tertullus “the orator” (Acts 24:1) was a Roman advocate whom the Jews employed to accuse Paul before Felix.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.