John 15:26:4John.15.26.W4TAB
παράκλητος
paraklêtos
“Helper”
- Transliteration
- pa-RA-klê-tos
- Extended
- pah-RAH-klê-tohs
- IPA
- /paˈra.kleː.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- Helper
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pa-RA-klê-tos
- phraseyour reading level
HO-tan EL-thêi ho pa-RA-klê-tos hon e-GÔ PEM-psô hy-MEEN pa-RA tou pa-TROS
- sentence
HO-tan EL-thêi ho pa-RA-klê-tos hon e-GÔ PEM-psô hy-MEEN pa-RA tou pa-TROS to PNEU-ma tês a-lê-THEI-as ho pa-RA tou pa-tros ek-po-REU-e-tai e-KEI-nos mar-ty-RÊ-sei pe-RI e-MOU
Exegesis
The main subject ho parakletos {ὁ παράκλητος | ho pa-rá-klē-tos} is immediately expanded by a relative clause, hon ego pempso hymin {ὃν ἐγὼ πέμψω ὑμῖν | hon e-gṓ pémp-sō hu-mîn}, which foregrounds the speaker’s agency and intent to send.
Root and etymology
parakaleōpi alpha rho alpha kappa alpha lambda epsilon omega
“call alongside”
In context — John 15:26
When the Advocate comes—whom I will send to you from the Father , the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify concerning Me.
About this coordinate
John 15:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 15:26, so the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklêtos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.15.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.15.26.W4.S1) and character.