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Counsellor

An adviser (Prov. 11:14; This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H0148, H1907, G3875, H1884, H3272, G1010, G4825
Hebrew
אֲדַרְגָּזֵר · ʼădargâzêr
Greek
παράκλητος · paraklētos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

παράκλητος

G3875
Transliteration
paraklētos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

counsellor, advocate, comforter

Lexicon definition

παρά-κλητος, -ον (παρακαλεω), [in Aq., Th.: Job.16:2 * ;] called to one's aid in a judicial cause (Dion. Cass.); hence, most frequently as subst., ὁ π., an advocate, pleader, intercessor (Dem., al.; so in Rabbinic lit., פְּרַקְלִיטָא), "a friend of the accused person, called to speak to his character, or otherwise enlist sympathy in his favour" (Field, Notes, 102). In NT, specif., ὁ π., __(a) of Christ, 1Jn.2:1 (see ICC, Jo. Epp., 23 ff.); __(b) of the Holy Spirit (AV, comforter; but see opp. with), Jhn.14:16, 26 15:26 16:7 (cf. also Abbott, Essays, 86, 97; Deiss., LAE, 339 f.; MM, xviii; Westc., Jo., ii, 188) (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Παράκλητος

G3875
Transliteration
paráklētos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

advocate, comforter

Lexicon definition

one called or sent for to assist another; an advocate, one who pleads the cause of another, 1 Jno. 2.1; genr. one present to render various beneficial service, and thus the Paraclete, whose influence and operation were to compensate for the departure of Christ himself, Jno. 14.16, 26; 15.26; 16.7.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דְּתָבָר

H1884
Transliteration
dᵉthâbâr
Pronunciation
deth-aw-bawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

counsellor.

Lexicon definition

meaning one skilled in law

a judge

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

יְעַט

H3272
Transliteration
yᵉʻaṭ
Pronunciation
yeh-at'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

counsellor, consult together.

Lexicon definition

to counsel

reflexively, to consult

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

βουλευτής

G1010
Transliteration
bouleutḗs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

counsellor

Lexicon definition

an adviser, i.e. (specially) a councillor or member of the Jewish Sanhedrin

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

הַדָּבָר

H1907
Transliteration
haddâbâr
Pronunciation
had-daw-bawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

counsellor.

Lexicon definition

a vizier

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Counsellor

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.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

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