Counsel (To) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament Words
Usage Number: 1
Part Of Speech: Verb
Strong's Number: H3289
Original Word: ya‘as
Usage Notes: "to advise, counsel consult." Used throughout the history of the Hebrew language, this verb occurs in the Hebrew Old Testament approximately 80 times. Ya‘as is found first in Exod. 18:19, where Jethro says to his son-in-law Moses: "I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee." The word is found only one other time in the Hexateuch, and that is in Num. 24:14: "I will advise you" (nasb, rsv, "I will let you know": jb, "let me warn you"; neb, "I will warn you"). While ya‘as most often describes the "giving of good advice," the opposite is sometimes true. A tragic example was the case of King Ahaziah of Judah, whose mother "was his counselor to do wickedly" (2 Chron. 22:3). The idea of "decision" is expressed in Isa. 23:9: "The Lord of hosts hath purposed it" (rsv, neb, nasb, "planned it"; jb, "decision").
Usage Number: 2
Part Of Speech: Noun
Strong's Number: H3289
Original Word: ya‘as
Usage Notes: "counselor." Perhaps the most familiar use of this root is the noun form found in the messianic passage, Isa. 9:6. On the basis of the syntax involved, it is probably better to translate the familiar "Wonderful Counselor" (nasb, tev) as "Wonder-Counsellor" (jb, nab) or "Wonder of a Counsellor." The neb renders it "in purpose wonderful." Another possibility is that of separating the terms: "Wonderful, Counselor" (kjv).
Usage Number: 3
Strong's Number: H3289
Original Word: ya‘as
Usage Notes: "those who give counsel." Ya‘as is frequently used in its participle form, "those who give counsel," especially in connection with political and military leaders (2 Sam. 15:12; 1 Chron. 13:1).