counsel, advice, purpose
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H6098 — עֵצָה
e.tsah · counsel · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Deuteronomy 32:28 · עֵצ֖וֹתFor they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.Judges 20:7 · וְעֵצָ֖הBehold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”2 Samuel 15:31 · עֲצַ֥תSomeone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”2 Samuel 15:34 · עֲצַ֥תbut if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’2 Samuel 16:20 · עֵצָ֖הThen Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”2 Samuel 16:23 · וַעֲצַ֣ת · עֲצַ֣תThe 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 · הָעֵצָ֛הHushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”2 Samuel 17:14 · עֲצַת֙ · מֵעֲצַ֖ת · עֲצַ֤תAbsalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.2 Samuel 17:23 · עֲצָתוֹ֒When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.1 Kings 1:12 · עֵצָ֑הNow therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.1 Kings 12:8 · עֲצַ֥תBut 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 12:13 · עֲצַ֥תThe king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,1 Kings 12:14 · כַּעֲצַ֤תand spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”2 Kings 18:20 · עֵצָ֥הYou say (but they are but vain words), ‘There is counsel and strength for war.’ Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?1 Chronicles 12:19 · בְעֵצָ֗הOf Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle; but they didn’t help them; for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after consultation, saying, “He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.”2 Chronicles 10:8 · עֲצַ֥תBut 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 10:13 · עֲצַ֥תThe king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,2 Chronicles 10:14 · כַּעֲצַ֤תand spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”2 Chronicles 22:5 · בַּעֲצָתָם֮He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.2 Chronicles 25:16 · לַעֲצָתִֽי׃ פIt 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.”Ezra 4:5 · עֲצָתָ֑םand 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 10:3 · בַּעֲצַ֣תNow therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.Ezra 10:8 · כַּעֲצַ֤תand that whoever didn’t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.Nehemiah 4:15 · עֲצָתָ֑םIt happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.Job 5:13 · וַעֲצַ֖תHe takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.Job 10:3 · עֲצַ֖תIs it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?Job 12:13 · עֵצָ֥ה“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.Job 18:7 · עֲצָתֽוֹ׃The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.Job 21:16 · עֲצַ֥תBehold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.Job 22:18 · וַעֲצַ֥תYet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.Job 29:21 · עֲצָתִֽי׃“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.Job 38:2 · עֵצָ֥ה“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?Job 42:3 · עֵצָ֗הYou asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.Psalm 1:1 · בַּעֲצַ֪תBlessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;Psalm 13:2 · עֵצ֡וֹתHow long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?Psalm 14:6 · עֲצַת־You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.Psalm 20:4 · עֲצָתְךָ֥May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.Psalm 33:10 · עֲצַת־Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.Psalm 33:11 · עֲצַ֣תThe counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.Psalm 73:24 · בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.Psalm 106:13 · לַעֲצָתֽוֹ׃They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,Psalm 106:43 · בַעֲצָתָ֑םMany times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.Psalm 107:11 · וַעֲצַ֖תbecause they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.Psalm 119:24 · עֲצָתִֽי׃Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALEDProverbs 1:25 · עֲצָתִ֑יbut you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;Proverbs 1:30 · לַעֲצָתִ֑יThey wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.Proverbs 8:14 · עֵ֭צָהCounsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.Proverbs 12:15 · לְעֵצָ֣הThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.Proverbs 19:20 · עֵ֭צָהListen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.Proverbs 19:21 · וַעֲצַ֥תThere are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.Proverbs 20:5 · עֵצָ֣הCounsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.Proverbs 20:18 · בְּעֵצָ֣הPlans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!Proverbs 21:30 · עֵ֝צָ֗הThere is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.Proverbs 27:9 · מֵֽעֲצַת־Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.Isaiah 5:19 · עֲצַ֛תWho say, “Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”Isaiah 8:10 · עֵצָ֖הTake counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”Isaiah 11:2 · עֵצָה֙The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.Isaiah 14:26 · הָעֵצָ֥הThis is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.Isaiah 16:3 · עֵצָה֙Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the midst of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!Isaiah 19:3 · וַעֲצָת֖וֹThe spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.Isaiah 19:11 · יֹעֲצֵ֣י · עֵצָ֖הThe princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?”Isaiah 19:17 · עֲצַת֙The 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 25:1 · עֵצ֥וֹתYahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.Isaiah 28:29 · עֵצָ֔הThis also comes forth from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.Isaiah 29:15 · עֵצָ֑הWoe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”Isaiah 30:1 · עֵצָה֙“Woe to the rebellious children,” says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,Isaiah 36:5 · עֵצָ֥הI say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?Isaiah 40:13 · עֲצָת֖וֹWho has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or has taught him as his counselor?Isaiah 44:26 · וַעֲצַ֥תwho confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’Isaiah 46:10 · עֲצָתִ֣יdeclaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;Isaiah 46:11 · עֲצָתִ֑יcalling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.Isaiah 47:13 · עֲצָתָ֑יִךְYou are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.Jeremiah 18:18 · וְעֵצָה֙Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.Jeremiah 18:23 · עֲצָתָ֤םYet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don’t forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.Jeremiah 19:7 · עֲצַ֨תI will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.Jeremiah 32:19 · הָֽעֵצָ֔הgreat in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:Jeremiah 49:7 · עֵצָה֙Of Edom. Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?Jeremiah 49:20 · עֲצַת־Therefore 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 · עֵצָ֔הFlee, 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 · עֲצַת־Therefore 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.Hosea 10:6 · מֵעֲצָתֽוֹ׃It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.Micah 4:12 · עֲצָת֑וֹBut they don’t know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor.Zechariah 6:13 · וַעֲצַ֣תeven he shall build the temple of Yahweh; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.