Paraclete

See also: paraclete

English

From Old French paraclit, from Late Latin paraclētus, from Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos, “one called to help, helper; comforter; protector, defender; (legal) advocate”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + κλητός (klētós, “called, invited [one]”). The Greek term is used four times in the Gospel of John as an epithet of the Holy Spirit.

Paraclete

(Christianity) The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, especially in its role as comforter of the faithful.
- 1893, Lionel Johnson, The Dark Angel, lines 33–36:
  Apples of ashes, golden bright; / Waters of bitterness, how sweet! / O banquet of a foul delight, / Prepared by thee, dark Paraclete!
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
  The matter of a Paraclete’s coming, the comforter, the dove; the tongues of flame, the gift of tongues: Pentecost. Third Person of the Trinity.

the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, especially in its role as comforter of the faithful

Arabic: 1. محمد (ar) (Muhammad),احمد (ar) (Ahmad) - direct literal translation of "Para+kletos",

2. روح القدس (Ruh al-Quddus) - the Holy Spirit

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