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)

called to one's aid; an advocate; pleader; intercessor