HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7717
שָׂהֵד
sa.hed — advocate
witness
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Advocate
FREE DAILY DEVOTIONAL
A little Scripture and hope in your inbox.
Get a short, Scripture-centered devotional and a practical step for your day. Read examples first.
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 · G21005
προήγορος
proēgoros — defender, advocate
defender, advocate
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.
Scripture cited by this entry (KJV)
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
John 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John 15:26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.