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(usually éåֹòֵåֹ , yoets', óýìâïõëïò ), an adviser upon any matter (Pro_11:14; Pro_15:22; 2Ch_25:16; Ezr_4:5, etc.; Rom_11:34), especially the king's state counselor (2Sa_15:12; Ezr_7:28; 1Ch_27:33, etc.); hence one of the chief men of a government (Job_3:14; Job_12:17; Isa_1:26; Isa_3:3, ebc.), and once of the Messiah (Isa_9:5; Sept. óýìâïõëïò , Vulg. consiliarius). The Chaldee equivalent term is éָòֵè (yaet', Ezr_7:14-15). Other Chaldee terms thus rendered are äִãָּáְøַéï (haddaberin'), ministers of state or viziers (Dan_3:24; Dan_3:27; Dan_4:36; Dan_6:7), and ãְּúָáָø (dethabar', one skilled in law), a judge (Dan_3:2-3). In the Apocrypha, óýìâïõëïò , in the ordinary sense of adviser, is thus rendered (Wisdom of Solomon 8:9; Sir_6:6; Sir_37:7-8; Sir_42:21); also óõìâïõëåõôήò (1Es_8:11). In Mar_15:43; Luk_23:50, the Greek term âïõëåõôήò , which is thus translated, probably designates a member of the Jewish Sanhedrim (q.v.) SEE COUNCIL.