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Nave Topical Bible
• Counsellor
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• Counsellors, Kings
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Lexicons
• βουλευτής
• σύμβουλος
• דְּתָבַר
• הַדָּבַר
• יְעַט , יָעֵט
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Various words are so translated:

1. dethabar. Daniel 3:2,3 .

2. haddabrin. Daniel 3:24,27; Daniel 4:36; Daniel 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 Chronicles 27:32,33 . In Isaiah 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.' Romans 11:34 .