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Lexicon :: Strong's H6098 - ʿēṣâ

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עֵצָה
Transliteration
ʿēṣâ
Pronunciation
ay-tsaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 887a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עצה

Strong’s Definitions

עֵצָה ʻêtsâh, ay-tsaw'; from H3289; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence:—advice, advisement, counsel(-lor), purpose.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x

The KJV translates Strong's H6098 in the following manner: counsel (79x), counsels (2x), purpose (2x), advice (1x), counsellors (with H582) (1x), advisement (1x), counsel (with H3289) (1x), counsellor (with H376) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x
The KJV translates Strong's H6098 in the following manner: counsel (79x), counsels (2x), purpose (2x), advice (1x), counsellors (with H582) (1x), advisement (1x), counsel (with H3289) (1x), counsellor (with H376) (1x).
  1. counsel, advice, purpose

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵצָה ʻêtsâh, ay-tsaw'; from H3289; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence:—advice, advisement, counsel(-lor), purpose.
STRONGS H6098: Abbreviations
עֵצָה noun feminine counsel, advice (= (יְ)עֵצָה) — ע׳ Judges 20:7 28 times; construct עֲצַת Isaiah 5:19 33 times; suffix עֲצָתִי Proverbs 1:25 5 times (+ Isaiah 46:11 Qr; Kt עצתו better); עֲצָֽתְךָ Psalm 20:5; Psalm 73:24; עֲצָתוֺ Hosea 10:6 7 times (including Isaiah 46:10 Kt see supr); עֲצָתָם Jeremiah 18:23 4 times; plural עֵצוֺת Deuteronomy 32:28 2 times; עֲצָתָ֑יִךְ Isaiah 47:13; — counsel, advice 2 Samuel 15:31,34; 2 Samuel 16:23 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:14 (3 times in verse); 2 Samuel 17:23; 1 Kings 12:8,13,14 2 Chronicles 10:8; 10:13; 10:14, 2 Chron 22:5; 25:16; Ezra 10:3 (where read אֲדֹנִי ע׳ Reuss Ry), Ezra 10:8; Job 29:21; political consultation Isaiah 47:13; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2 Samuel 17:7; 1 Kings 1:12; Isaiah 8:10; Ezekiel 11:2 (עצתרָֿע, || אָוֶן); with הָב֫וּ give counsel Judges 20:7; 2 Samuel 16:20; חֵבִיא ע׳ Isaiah 16:3; עשׂה ע׳ Isaiah 30:1; אָשִׁית עֵצוֺת בְּנַפְשִׁי Psalm 13:3; = design, purpose Ezra 4:5; Nehemiah 4:9; 1 Chronicles 12:20 (Baer), Psalm 14:6; Psalm 20:5; Jeremiah 18:23 (followed by עַל = against), Jeremiah 49:30 (|| מַחֲשָׁבָה); עֲצַתגּֿוֺיִם Psalm 33:10; suitable counsel for war (= generalship) 2 Kings 18:20 = Isaiah 36:5 (compare Proverbs 20:18 below); also עֲצַת שָׁלוֺם Zechariah 6:13 counsel of peace; practical wisdom, sagacity Isaiah 19:3, compare Isaiah 19:11, Jeremiah 19:7; Deuteronomy 32:28 (|| תְּבוּנָה), Hosea 10:6. Especially in Wisdom Literature and prophets; counsel = good counsle, wisdom Job 38:2; Job 42:3; Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 20:5 (its seat בְּלֶבאִֿישׁ); || תּוּשִׁיָּה Proverbs 8:14; Isaiah 28:29 (of י׳); || חָכְמָה Jeremiah 49:7; || חָכְמָה and תְּבוּנָה Job 12:13; Proverbs 21:30; || מוּסָר Proverbs 19:20; || תַּחְבֻּלוֺת Proverbs 20:18 (compare Isaiah 36:5 above); נִפְתָּלִים ע׳ Job 5:13; וּגְבוּרָה רוּחַ ע׳ Isaiah 11:2 (|| חָכְמָה וּבָינָה ר׳); hearty counsel נֶפֶשׁ ע׳ Proverbs 27:9; counsel of wisdom, when wisdom is personified Proverbs 1:25,30 (|| תּוֺכַחַת); in bad sense רשׁעים ע׳ Job 10:3; Job 21:16; Job 22:18; Psalm 1:1, compare Job 18:7; Psalm 106:43; Isaiah 29:15; of plan of י׳; י׳ ע׳ Psalm 33:11; Proverbs 19:21; Isaiah 19:17; Isaiah 14:26 (הַיִעוּצָה הע׳), Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 46:10,11; קדושׁ ישׂראל ע׳ Isaiah 5:19; also Micah 4:12; Jeremiah 32:19 (גְּדֹל הָעֵצָה), Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45; Psalm 106:13; עֶלְיוֺן ע׳ Psalm 107:11; instruction, guiding wisdom of י׳ Psalm 73:24; אִישׁעֲֿצָתוֺ i.e. counsellor of י׳ Isaiah 40:13; in figure אַנְשֵׁי עֲצָתִי Psalm 119:24 = my counsellors, said of testimonies of God; = prophecy, מלאכיו ע׳ Isaiah 44:26 (|| דְּבַר עַבְדּוֺ); מִזְּקֵנִים תִּאֹבַד ע׳ Ezekiel 7:26 (compare 1 Kings 12:8; || חָזוֺן, תּוֺרָה), מֵחָכָם Jeremiah 18:18 (|| דָּבָר, תּוֺרָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:28; 32:28

Judges

20:7; 20:7

2 Samuel

15:31; 15:34; 16:20; 16:23; 17:7; 17:14; 17:23

1 Kings

1:12; 12:8; 12:8; 12:13; 12:14

2 Kings

18:20

1 Chronicles

12:20

2 Chronicles

10:8; 10:13; 10:14; 22:5; 25:16

Ezra

4:5; 10:3; 10:8

Nehemiah

4:9

Job

5:13; 10:3; 12:13; 18:7; 21:16; 22:18; 29:21; 38:2; 42:3

Psalms

1:1; 13:3; 14:6; 20:5; 20:5; 33:10; 33:11; 73:24; 73:24; 106:13; 106:43; 107:11; 119:24

Proverbs

1:25; 1:25; 1:30; 8:14; 12:15; 19:20; 19:21; 20:5; 20:18; 20:18; 21:30; 27:9

Isaiah

5:19; 5:19; 8:10; 11:2; 14:26; 16:3; 19:3; 19:11; 19:17; 25:1; 28:29; 29:15; 30:1; 36:5; 36:5; 40:13; 44:26; 46:10; 46:10; 46:11; 46:11; 47:13; 47:13

Jeremiah

18:18; 18:23; 18:23; 19:7; 32:19; 49:7; 49:20; 49:30; 50:45

Ezekiel

7:26; 11:2

Hosea

10:6; 10:6

Micah

4:12

Zechariah

6:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6098 matches the Hebrew עֵצָה (ʿēṣâ),
which occurs 90 times in 85 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Pro 20:5–Zec 6:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:5 -

Counsel H6098 in the heart of a man is like deep water,

But a man of discernment draws it out.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:18 -

[fn]Thoughts are established by counsel H6098,

So make war by guidance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30 -

There is no wisdom, there is no discernment

And there is no counsel H6098 against Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 -

Oil and incense make the heart glad,

So counsel H6098 from the [fn]soul is sweet to his friend.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 -

Who say, “Let Him hurry, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it;

And let the counsel H6098 of the Holy One of Israel draw near

And come to pass, that we may know it!”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 -

“Devise counsel H6098, but it will be thwarted;

Speak a word, but it will not stand,

For [fn]God is with us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2 -

The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on Him,

The spirit of wisdom and understanding,

The spirit of counsel H6098 and might,

The spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:26 - “This is the counsel H6098 that is counseled against the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out against all the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 -

“Bring us counsel H6098, make a decision;

[fn]Cast your shadow like night [fn]at high noon;

Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 -

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied to destruction within them;

And I will confuse their counsel H6098,

So that they will seek idols and ghosts of the dead

And to [fn]mediums and spiritists.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 -

The princes of [fn]Zoan are merely ignorant fools;

The counsel H6098 of Pharaoh’s wisest counselors has become [fn]senseless.

How can you men say to Pharaoh,

“I am a son of the wise, a son of the kings of old”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - And the land of Judah will become a [fn]terror to Egypt; everyone [fn]to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it because of the counsel H6098 of Yahweh of hosts which He is counseling against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:1 -

O Yahweh, You are my God;

I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;

For You have worked wonders,

Counsels H6098 formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 -

This also comes from Yahweh of hosts,

Who has made His counsel H6098 wonderful and His wisdom great.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 -

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel H6098 from Yahweh,

And whose deeds are done in a dark place,

And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 -

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares Yahweh,

“Who execute counsel H6098, but not Mine,

And [fn]make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,

In order to add sin to sin,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - “I say, ‘Your counsel H6098 and might for the war are only [fn]empty words.’ Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:13 -

Who has [fn]encompassed the Spirit of Yahweh,

Or as His counselor H6098 has informed Him?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 -

Confirming the word of His servant

And the counsel H6098 of His messengers He will complete

And being the One who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited!’

And of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built.’

And I will raise up her waste places again.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 -

Declaring the end from the beginning,

And from ancient times things which have not been done,

Saying, ‘My counsel H6098 will be established,

And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 -

Calling a bird of prey from the east,

The man of [fn]My counsel H6098 from a far country.

Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.

I have formed it, surely I will do it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 -

“You are wearied with your many counsels H6098;

Let now the astrologers,

Those who behold visions by the stars,

Those who predict by the new moons,

Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 -

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to perish from the priest, nor counsel H6098 to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 -

Yet You, O Yahweh, know

All their [fn]deadly counsel H6098 against me;

Do not atone for their iniquity

Or blot out their sin from before You.

But may they be [fn]overthrown before You;

Deal with them in the time of Your anger!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “I will empty out the counsel H6098 of Judah and Jerusalem to the point of destruction 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 I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:19 - great in counsel H6098 and abundant in deeds, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 -

Concerning Edom.

Thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?

Has counsel H6098 been lost to the understanding?

Has their wisdom decayed?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 -

Therefore hear the counsel H6098 of Yahweh which He has counseled against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 -

“Run away, flee earnestly! Inhabit the depths,

O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares Yahweh;

“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel H6098 against you

And purposed a purpose against you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the counsel H6098 of Yahweh which He has counseled against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their [fn]pasture desolate because of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:26 - ‘Disaster will come upon disaster, and report will be added to report; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel H6098 from the elders.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:2 - He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and give evil counsel H6098 in this city,
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 -

The thing itself will be carried to Assyria

As tribute to [fn]King Jareb;

Ephraim will receive shame,

And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel H6098.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:12 -

“But they do not know the thoughts of Yahweh,

And they do not understand His counsel H6098;

For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13 - “Indeed, it is He who will build the temple of Yahweh, and He who will bear the splendor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel H6098 of peace will be between the two [fn]offices.”’

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