Topic
Counsellor
10 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 9:6Easton · Nave A title of Christ
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Mark 15:43Easton · Nave Was member of the Sanhedrin at Jerusalem
Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
- Luke 23:50Easton · Nave Was member of the Sanhedrin at Jerusalem
¶ And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
- 2 Samuel 15:12Easton
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 16:23Nave Ahithophel was — To David
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
- 1 Chronicles 27:32Nave A wise man, versed in law and diplomacy
Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:
- 1 Chronicles 27:33Nave A wise man, versed in law and diplomacy
And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:
- Proverbs 11:14Easton
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Proverbs 15:22Easton
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
- Luke 23:51Nave Was member of the Sanhedrin at Jerusalem
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
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.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.