Bible Dictionary
Counsellor
A counsellor is an adviser or official who gives guidance to a ruler or another person. The title is applied supremely to the promised Messiah in Isaiah 9:6.
Definition
A counsellor is an adviser or official who gives guidance. The word may describe a personal adviser, a king’s state counsellor, or a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin.
Biblical Usage
Scripture speaks of counsellors in relation to wisdom and royal government. The title is also applied to the Messiah in Isaiah 9:6, while Joseph of Arimathea is probably called a counsellor as a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin.
Historical Background
The term could describe both ordinary advisers and formal political or judicial officials.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An adviser (Prov. 11:14; 15:22), a king’s state counsellor (2 Sam. 15:12). Used once of the Messiah (Isa. 9:6). In Mark 15:43, Luke 23:50, the word probably means a member of the Jewish Sanhedrim.