ΠΑΡΆΚΛΗΤΟΣ

ΠΑΡΆΚΛΗΤΟΣ: ** παρά-κλητος, -ον [ (< παρακαλέω), [in Aq., Th.: Jb 16:2*;] ] called to one's aid in a judicial cause (Dion. Cass.); hence, most freq. 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, I Jo 2:1 (v. ICC, Jo. Epp., 23 ff.); (b) . of the Holy Spirit (AV, comforter; but v. opp. c.), Jo 14:16, 26 15:26 16:7 (cf. also Abbott, Essays, 86, 97; Deiss., LAE, 339 f.; MM, xviii; Westc., Jo., ii, 188 ff.).