παράκλητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρα- (para-, “beside”) +‎ κλητός (klētós, “called, invited ”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

παράκλητος • (paráklētos) m or f (neuter παράκλητον); second declension

1. Called to aid, helping
2. (substantive) legal assistant, advocate
3. (substantive) One of who speaks on behalf: mediator, intercessor
4. (substantive) comforter, helper

Inflection

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲗⲏⲧⲟⲥ (paraklētos)
• → Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌿𐍃 (paraklētus) (from its substantivized use referring to the Holy Ghost)
• Greek: παράκλητος (paráklitos)
• → Hebrew: פְּרַקְלִיט (p'raklít)
• → Latin: paraclētus
  • Old French: paraclit
    • → English: paraclete
    • French: paraclet
  • Polish: Paraklet

Further reading

• “παράκλητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παράκλητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παράκλητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3875 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • advocate idem, page 15.
  • lawyer idem, page 480.
  • pleader idem, page 619.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράκλητος.

Noun

παράκλητος • (paráklitos) m (plural παράκλητοι)

1. comforter (one who comforts)
2. (with capital, Christianity) Holy Spirit, Paraclete

Declension