[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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