COUNSELLOR . This is the spelling in modern editions of the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] . In the ed. of 1611 it is ‘counseller,’ except in Ezra 8:25 , Proverbs 12:20; Proverbs 15:22 , where the spelling is ‘counsellour.’ The word is used mostly of a king’s counsellor, or more generally of one who gives counsel. But in Daniel 3:2-3 it means a justice; and in Mark 15:43 , Luke 23:50 , it is used of Joseph of Arimathæa as a member of the Sanhedrin. In Daniel 3:24; Daniel 3:27; Daniel 4:36; Daniel 6:7 the peculiar word rendered ‘counsellor’ in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] is hesitatingly translated by Driver ‘minister’; RV [Note: Revised Version.] retains ‘counsellor.’
Counsellor. Various words are so translated: 1. dethabar. Dan. 3:2-3. 2. haddabrin. Dan. 3:24, 27; Dan. 4:36; Dan. 6:7. 3. yeat. Ezra 7:14-15. These three words are Chaldee, and refer to various heathen officials as counsellors of state. 4. yaats, the counsellors in Israel, such as Jonathan, and Ahithophel, David's counsellors, 1 Chr. 27:32-33. In Isa. 9:6 the same word is applied to the Lord Jesus: "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." 5. βουλευτής, a member of the Sanhedrim. Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50. 6. σύμβουλος, 'a joint counsellor.' Rom. 11:34.