Category:Counselor

Coun"sel*or (koun"sl-r), n. [Written also counsellor.] Etym: [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.]

1. One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or not. Shak.

2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate.

Note: [See under Councilor.]

3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister. Good counselors lack no clients. Shak.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Counselor - An adviser (Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 15:22), a king's state counselor (2 Samuel 15:12) Used once of the Messiah (Isaiah 9:6). In Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50 the word probably means a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin.