How many times is the word counselor mentioned in the bible?

Answer 1

In the King James version

the word - counsellor - appears 14 times

1. 2 Sam 15:12 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. 1 Chr 26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
3. 1 Chr 27:32 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:
4. 1 Chr 27:33 And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:
5. 2 Chr 22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
6. Isa 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
7. Isa 9:6 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.
8. Isa 40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
9. Isa 41:28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
10. Mic 4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? Is thy counsellor perished? For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
11. Nah 1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
12. Mar 15:43 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.
13. Luk 23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
14. Rom 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

the word - counsellors - appears 21 times

1. 2 Chr 22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
2. Ezr 4:5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
3. Ezr 7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
4. Ezr 7:15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
5. Ezr 7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
6. Ezr 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
7. Job 3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;
8. Job 12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
9. Psa 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.leth.
10. Pro 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
11. Pro 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
12. Pro 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
13. Pro 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
14. Isa 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
15. Isa 19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
16. Dan 3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
17. Dan 3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
18. Dan 3:24 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.
19. Dan 3:27 And 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.
20. Dan 4:36 At 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.
21. Dan 6:7 All 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.

Answer 2

The word "counselor" is mentioned only once in The Bible, in Isaiah 9:6. In this verse, it is used to describe one of the titles of the promised Messiah.