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Parakletos — Comforter, Helper, Advocate

הַמְנַחֵם (modern Heb NT)

HaMenachem · Parakletos — pronounced ha-meh-nah-KHEM; pah-RAH-klay-toss · appears 4 (of the Spirit) times · Strong's G3875

The One Called Alongside — Comforter, Helper, Counselor, Advocate: no single English word holds it.

'ANOTHER Parakletos' — implying Yeshua was the first. The modern Hebrew NT renders it Menachem, the Comforter, a name Jewish tradition also gives Messiah. Isaiah's double 'Comfort ye' echoes underneath: the God of all comfort moving in.

First occurrence

John 14:16 — 'Another Parakletos, to be with you forever'

Key passages

John 14:26 — 'He will teach you all things and bring to remembrance'

John 15:26 — 'He will testify of Me'

John 16:7 — 'If I do not go away, the Parakletos will not come'

Isa 40:1 — 'Comfort, comfort My people' — nachamu, the Hebrew behind Menachem

In the Greek Scriptures

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