[B-Greek] question about parakleitos

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Mon Jun 5 11:19:41 EDT 2006



Tunç SABUNCU wrote:
> Hi,
> I found this word (parakleitos) in several texts and i would like to know all of its senses.
> In general is is translated as "advocate" or "demander of charity" but it does not fit.
> Thank you for help


Hello,

Which texts do you have in mind?  Context is indispensible for 
determining meaning.  The basic sense of the word is "one called 
alongside" as the noun is a compound of the preposition "para" and the 
verb "kalew".

Best

Jim

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