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

(b) of the Holy Spirit (AV, comforter; but see opp. with), Jhn…