παράκλητος
paraklētos
counsellor
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word παράκλητος (paraklētos, Strong's number G3875) is primarily defined as a "counsellor." This term indicates someone who provides advice, support, or comfort to another person. The semantic domain listed here, "Commerce & Wealth," may seem unrelated to a counsellor at first glance, but it's possible this category is referencing the economic or financial guidance such a person would offer to someone in need. The occurrence of this word in the Bible is limited to 5 instances. This scarcity suggests that the authors or writers of these passages consider this concept significant or unique enough to warrant specific mention. In the context of these five biblical occurrences, the paraklētos, or counsellor, is likely providing guidance, comfort, or support to an individual in time of need. The specific nature of the counsellor's role or advice is not explicitly stated, but their purpose is clear: to offer counsel, reassurance, or other forms of aid to someone who requires it.
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Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:
John 14:26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
John 15:26“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
John 16:7Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
1 John 2:1My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.