1) to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to advise, counsel, give counsel, consult 1a2) counsellor (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to consult together, exchange counsel, deliberate, counsel together 1c) (Hithpael) to conspire
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H3289 — יָעַץ
ya.ats · to advise · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Exodus 18:19 · אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.Numbers 24:14 · אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔Now, behold, I go to my people: come, I will inform you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.”2 Samuel 15:12 · יוֹעֵ֣ץAbsalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.2 Samuel 16:23 · יָעַץ֙The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.2 Samuel 17:7 · יָעַ֥ץHushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”2 Samuel 17:11 · יָעַ֗צְתִּיBut I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.2 Samuel 17:15 · יָעַ֤ץ · יָעַ֥צְתִּיThen Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.2 Samuel 17:21 · יָעַ֥ץIt happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”1 Kings 1:12 · אִיעָצֵ֥ךְNow therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.1 Kings 12:6 · וַיִּוָּעַ֞ץ · נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםKing Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?”1 Kings 12:8 · יְעָצֻ֑הוּ · וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץBut he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.1 Kings 12:9 · נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםHe said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”1 Kings 12:13 · יְעָצֻֽהוּ׃The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,1 Kings 12:28 · וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץWhereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”2 Kings 6:8 · וַיִּוָּעַץ֙Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”1 Chronicles 13:1 · וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץDavid consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.1 Chronicles 26:14 · יוֹעֵ֣ץ׀The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.1 Chronicles 27:32 · יוֹעֵ֔ץAlso Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:1 Chronicles 27:33 · יוֹעֵ֣ץAhithophel was the king’s counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend:2 Chronicles 10:6 · וַיִּוָּעַ֞ץ · נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםKing Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?”2 Chronicles 10:8 · יְעָצֻ֑הוּ · וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץBut he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.2 Chronicles 10:9 · נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםHe said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”2 Chronicles 20:21 · וַיִּוָּעַץ֙When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.2 Chronicles 22:3 · יֽוֹעַצְתּ֖וֹHe also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.2 Chronicles 22:4 · יֽוֹעֲצִ֗יםHe did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.2 Chronicles 25:16 · הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץ · יָעַ֤ץIt happened, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.”2 Chronicles 25:17 · וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץThen Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.”2 Chronicles 30:2 · וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץFor the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.2 Chronicles 30:23 · וַיִּוָּֽעֲצוּ֙The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept another seven days with gladness.2 Chronicles 32:3 · וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץhe took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city; and they helped him.Ezra 4:5 · יוֹעֲצִ֖יםand hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.Ezra 7:28 · וְיֽוֹעֲצָ֔יוand has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.Ezra 8:25 · וְיֹעֲצָ֣יוand weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:Nehemiah 6:7 · וְנִֽוָּעֲצָ֖הYou have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.”Job 3:14 · וְיֹ֣עֲצֵיwith kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;Job 12:17 · יוֹעֲצִ֣יםHe leads counselors away stripped. He makes judges fools.Job 26:3 · יָּ֭עַצְתָּHow have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!Psalm 16:7 · יְעָצָ֑נִיI will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.Psalm 32:8 · אִֽיעֲצָ֖הI will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.Psalm 62:4 · יָעֲצ֣וּThey fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.Psalm 71:10 · נוֹעֲצ֥וּFor my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,Psalm 83:3 · וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּThey conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.Psalm 83:5 · נוֹעֲצ֣וּFor they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.Proverbs 11:14 · יוֹעֵֽץ׃Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.Proverbs 12:20 · וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵ֖יDeceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.Proverbs 13:10 · נ֖וֹעָצִ֣יםPride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.Proverbs 15:22 · יוֹעֲצִ֣יםWhere there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.Proverbs 24:6 · יוֹעֵֽץ׃for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.Isaiah 1:26 · וְיֹעֲצַ֖יִךְI will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’Isaiah 3:3 · וְיוֹעֵ֛ץthe captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.Isaiah 7:5 · יָעַ֥ץBecause Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,Isaiah 9:6 · יוֹעֵץ֙For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.Isaiah 14:24 · יָעַ֖צְתִּיYahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:Isaiah 14:26 · הַיְּעוּצָ֖הThis is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.Isaiah 14:27 · יָעָ֖ץFor Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”Isaiah 19:12 · יָּעַ֛ץWhere then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.Isaiah 19:17 · יוֹעֵ֥ץThe land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans of Yahweh of Armies, which he determines against it.Isaiah 23:8 · יָעַ֣ץWho has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?Isaiah 23:9 · יְעָצָ֑הּYahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.Isaiah 32:7 · יָעָ֔ץThe ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.Isaiah 32:8 · יָעָ֑ץBut the noble devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things.Isaiah 40:14 · נוֹעָץ֙Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?Isaiah 41:28 · יוֹעֵ֑ץWhen I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.Isaiah 45:21 · יִֽוָּעֲצ֖וּDeclare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.Jeremiah 38:15 · אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.Jeremiah 49:20 · יָעַץ֙Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.Jeremiah 49:30 · יָעַ֨ץFlee, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.Jeremiah 50:45 · יָעַץ֙Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.Micah 4:9 · יוֹעֲצֵךְ֙Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?Micah 6:5 · יָּעַ֗ץMy people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”Nahum 1:11 · יֹעֵ֖ץThere is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.Habakkuk 2:10 · יָעַ֥צְתָּYou have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.