παράκλητος

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, 1 Joh 2,1 (see ICC, Jo. Epp., 23 ff.);

(b) of the Holy Spirit (AV, comforter; but see opp. with), Joh 14,16, 26; 15,26; 16,7 (cf. also Abbott, Essays, 86, 97; Deiss., LAE, 339 f.; MM, xviii; Westc., Jo., ii, 188)