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)