» For the school of Peter Abelard, see Oratory of the Paraclete. Paraclete (lat. paracletus) most commonly means the Holy Spirit. Etymology Paraclete comes from the Koine Greek word (paráklētos, "one who consoles, one who intercedes on our behalf, a comforter or an advocate"). It may reflect a translation of the Hebrew word מְנַחֵם‎ (mənaḥḥēm "comforter"). According to Walter Bauer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New… (More on Paraclete)