Counsellor
παράκλητοςStrong’s G3875paraklētos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Someone called to stand beside you: a helper, advocate or comforter. Jesus uses it for the Holy Spirit (John 14:26), and John uses it for Jesus himself (1 John 2:1).
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
Meaning
Usually translated “helper” and “advocate”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- helper 4
- an advocate 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 4
- 1 John 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- John 14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- John 15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
- John 16:7Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
- 1 John 2:1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Greek dictionary
παράκλητος paraklētos · counsellor
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.); …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “helper” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HELP'ER, noun
One that helps, aids or assists; an assistant; an auxiliary.
- One that furnishes or administers a remedy.
- One that supplies with any thing wanted; with to.
- A supernumerary servant.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.