παράκλητος

5 ** 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. , of Christ, I Jo 2:1 (v. ICC , Jo. Epp. , 23 ff.); 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.).