noun · masculine
paraklētos
Strong’sG3875
an advocate, comforter, helper, Paraclete
stem paraklēt-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** παρά-κλητος, -ον
(< παρακαλέω), [in Aq., Th.: Jb 16:2*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3875 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpar-ak'-lay-tos
an intercessor, consoler
King Jamesadvocate, comforter.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
called to one's aid, in a court of justice: as substantive, legal assistant, advocate, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 summoned, δοῦλοι Refs 2nd c.AD+
II intercessor, NT+1st c.AD+, of the Holy Spirit, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | paraklētos3×παράκλητος | paraklētois |
| object accusative | paraklēton2×παράκλητον | paraklētoin |
| direct address vocative | paraklētor | paraklētoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | paraklētou | paraklētoiu |
| to, for dative | paraklēto | paraklētoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
paraklēto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
paraklētos“helper”subjectnominative singular3×
John 14:26“helper”tos de paraklētos, tem pneumem tem hagiem hem pempati …But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My …
John 15:26“helper”Hotan erchateia tos paraklētos hon mis pempami vi para tou …When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father — the …
John 16:7“helper”… aperchameia. ean gar mē aperchameia, tos paraklētos ouk mē erchateia pros vin; ean …… it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go …
paraklēton“helper”objectaccusative singular2×
John 14:16“helper”kamis erōtami ton patron kai alloson paraklēton dōati vi hina ateiō meta vu …And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever —
1 John 2:1… mē hamartaveia. kai ean tinos hamartateia, paraklēton echanō pros ton patron Iēsun Christon …… anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father — Jesus Christ, the …