ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΤΟΙ, παρακλητοι
PARAKLĒTOI, paraklētoi
Sounds Like: Pa-ra-KLEE-toy
Translations: Comforters, Advocates, Helpers, Counselors
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who are called alongside to help, advise, or intercede. It can describe someone who provides comfort, acts as a legal advocate, or offers guidance. In some contexts, it specifically refers to the Holy Spirit as a divine helper.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3875 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 20:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- Epistle of Barnabas — 20:2
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 5:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΤΟΣ — comfortless, uncomforted, without a comforter, desolate
- ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΤΟΝ — Comforter, a Comforter, Advocate, an Advocate, Helper, a Helper, Counselor, a Counselor
- ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΤΟΣ — Advocate, Helper, Counselor, Comforter, Intercessor, a Helper, an Advocate
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