παράκλητος, παρακλητου, ὁ (παρακαλέω), properly, summoned, called to one's side, especially called to one's aid; hence, 1. "one who pleads another's cause before a judge, a pleader, counsel for defense, legal assistant; an advocate": Demosthenes, p. 341, 11; (Diogenes Laërtius 4, 50, cf. Dio Cassius, 46, 20. 2. universally, one who pleads another's cause with one, an intercessor: Philo, de mund. opif. § 59; de Josepho § 40; in Flaccum §§ 3 and 4; so of Christ, in his exaltation at God's right hand, pleading with God the Father for the pardon of our sins, 1Jn_2:1 (in the same sense, of the divine Logos in Philo, vita Moys. iii. § 14). 3. in the widest sense, a helper, succorer, aider, assistant; so of the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of gospel truth, and to give them the divine strength needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom: Joh_14:16; Joh_14:26; Joh_15:26; Joh_16:7, cf. Mat_10:19; Mar_13:11; Luk_12:11 f (Philo de mund. opif. § 6 at the beginning says that God in creating the world had no need of a παράκλητος, an adviser, counsellor, helper. The Targums and Talmud borrow the Greek words τΐΜψΗχΐμΔιθ and τΐΜψΗχΐμΔιθΘΰ and use them of any intercessor, defender, or advocate; cf. Baxtorf, Lex. Talm., p. 1843 ((edited by Fischer, p. 916)); so Targ. on Job_33:23 for ξΕμΔιυ ξΗμΐΰΘκ, i. e. an angel that pleads man's cause with God; (cf. πλουσίων παρακλητοι in 'Teaching' etc. 5 [ET] under the end; the Epistle of Barnabas 20, 2 [ET]; Apostolic Constitutions 7, 18)). Cf. Knapp, Scripta varii Argumenti, p. 124ff; Düsterdieck on 1Jn_2:1, p. 147ff; (Watkins, Excursus G, in Ellicott's N. T. Commentary for English Readers; Westcott in the Speaker's commentary Additional Note on Joh_14:16; Schaff in Lange ibid.).

παράκλητος paraklētos 5 x one called or sent for to assist another; an advocate, one who pleads the cause of another, 1Jn_2:1 ; genr. one present to render various beneficial service, and thus the Paraclete, whose influence and operation were to compensate for the departure of Christ himself, Joh_14:16 ; Joh_14:26 ; Joh_15:26 ; Joh_16:7 * advocate; counselor; helper.

** παρά -κλητος , -ον ( < παρακαλεω ), [in Aq ., Th.: Job_16:2 * ;] called to one's aid in a judicial cause (Dion. Cass.); hence, most freq . as subst ., ὁ Papyri, an advocate, pleader, intercessor (Dem., al. ; so in Rabbinic lit., τΜΐψΗχΐμΔιθΘΰ ), "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 Papyri, (a) of Christ, 1Jn_2:1 ( v. ICC , Jo. Epp., 23 ff .); (b) of the Holy Spirit ( AV , comforter ; but v. opp . c .), Joh_14:16 ; Joh_14:26 ; Joh_15:26 ; Joh_16:7 ( cf. also Abbott, Essays , 86, 97; Deiss., LAE , 339 f .; MM , xviii; Westc ., Jo., ii, 188

παράκλητος [page 485] orig. one called in to support, hence advocate, pleader, a friend of the accused person, called to speak to his character, or otherwise enlist the sympathy of the judges (Field Notes , p. 102). For the history of the word, which in the NT is confined to the Johannine writings, though the idea is present in Paul ( Rom_8:26-34 ), see the excellent summary by Hastings in D.B. iii. p. 665 ff. : cf. Lightfoot On a Fresh Revision .3 p. 56 ff., Zahn Introd. i. p. 64 f., and Bauer Joh . p. 137ff. (in HZNT ). Useful reff. to the work of the advocate in the Hellenistic world will be found in Deissmann LAE , p. 340, where stress is rightly laid on the borrowing of the word in Heb. and Aramaic as evidence of its popular use. The word is found in a very illiterate letter of ii/A.D., BGU II. 601 .12 εὖ οὖν ποιήσῃς γράψον μοι περὶ τῆς οἰκίας , ὅτι τι ἔπραξας , καὶ τὸν ἀραβῶνα τοῦ Σαραπίωνος πάρακλος ( l. παράκλητος ) δέδωκα αὐτῷ , καὶ γράψον μοι περὶ τῆς ἀπα (= ο )γραφῆς . In the previous sentence the writer says she has deposited in Demeter s temple καλαμεσιτὰ ἀσπ (= φ )αλίσματα ( bonds written with a pen ?). Does she mean παρακληθεῖσα by her παράκλ (ητ )ος , i.e. on being summoned ? The negative of the verbal occurs in OGIS 248 .25 (B.C. 175 161) that the Demos (of Athens) may . . . show that it honours those who benefit itself and its friends ἀπαρακλήτους , i.e. uninvited.

παράκλητος παρά-κλητος, ον, "called to one's aid", Lat. advocatus: as Subst. "a legal assistant, advocate", Dem. in NTest. , ὁ Παράκλητος, "the Intercessor or the Comforter."

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)