Counselor
הַדָּבָרStrong’s H1907haddavar (had-da-var)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Haddavar is the Aramaic word usually translated “counselors his”, “counselors of” and “counselors my”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.”
Meaning
- Counsellor, minister
How it's translated
- to counselors his 1
- and counselors of 1
- counselors my 1
- counselors the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:27In contextAnd the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
- Daniel 4:36In contextAt the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
- Daniel 6:7In contextAll the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Aramaic dictionary
הַדָּבָר haddavar · counselor
counsellor, minister
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “counselor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COUNSELOR, noun
- Any person who gives advice; but properly one who is authorized by natural relationship, or by birth, office or profession, to advise another in regard to his future conduct and measures.
- The members of a counsel; one appointed to advise a king or chief magistrate, in regard to the administration of the government.
- One who is consulted by a client in a law case; one who gives advice in relation to a question of law; one whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.