παράκλητος
See also: Παράκλητος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παρα- (para-, “beside”) + κλητός (klētós, “called, invited [one]”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.klɛː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.kle̝.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.kli.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.kli.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.kli.tos/
Adjective
παράκλητος • (paráklētos) m or f (neuter παράκλητον); second declension
- Called to aid, helping
- (substantive) legal assistant, advocate
- (substantive) One of who speaks on behalf: mediator, intercessor
- (substantive) comforter, helper
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | παράκλητος paráklētos |
παράκλητον paráklēton |
παρακλήτω paraklḗtō |
παρακλήτω paraklḗtō |
παράκλητοι paráklētoi |
παράκλητᾰ paráklētă | ||||||||
| Genitive | παρακλήτου paraklḗtou |
παρακλήτου paraklḗtou |
παρακλήτοιν paraklḗtoin |
παρακλήτοιν paraklḗtoin |
παρακλήτων paraklḗtōn |
παρακλήτων paraklḗtōn | ||||||||
| Dative | παρακλήτῳ paraklḗtōi |
παρακλήτῳ paraklḗtōi |
παρακλήτοιν paraklḗtoin |
παρακλήτοιν paraklḗtoin |
παρακλήτοις paraklḗtois |
παρακλήτοις paraklḗtois | ||||||||
| Accusative | παράκλητον paráklēton |
παράκλητον paráklēton |
παρακλήτω paraklḗtō |
παρακλήτω paraklḗtō |
παρακλήτους paraklḗtous |
παράκλητᾰ paráklētă | ||||||||
| Vocative | παράκλητε paráklēte |
παράκλητον paráklēton |
παρακλήτω paraklḗtō |
παρακλήτω paraklḗtō |
παράκλητοι paráklētoi |
παράκλητᾰ paráklētă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| παρακλήτως paraklḗtōs |
παρακλητότερος paraklētóteros |
παρακλητότᾰτος paraklētótătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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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
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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παράκλητος.
Noun
παράκλητος • (paráklitos) m (plural παράκλητοι)
- comforter (one who comforts)
- (with capital, Christianity) Holy Spirit, Paraclete
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παράκλητος (paráklitos) | παράκλητοι (paráklitoi) |
| genitive | παρακλήτου (paraklítou) | παρακλήτων (paraklíton) |
| accusative | παράκλητο (paráklito) | παρακλήτους (paraklítous) |
| vocative | παράκλητε (paráklite) | παράκλητοι (paráklitoi) |