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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)
Dictionary Aids

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

H6098

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

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 32:28–Pro 19:21)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:28 - “For they are a nation [fn]lacking in counsel, H6098
And there is no understanding in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:7 - “Behold, all you sons of Israel, give your advice and counsel H6098 here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O LORD, I pray, make the counsel H6098 of Ahithophel foolishness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - “But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant,’ then you can thwart the counsel H6098 of Ahithophel for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:20 - Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. H6098 What shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - The advice H6098 of Ahithophel, which he [fn]gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice H6098 of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - So Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the advice H6098 that Ahithophel has [fn]given is not good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel H6098 of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel H6098 of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good counsel H6098 of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring calamity on Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel H6098 was not [fn]followed, he [fn]saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and [fn]set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:12 - “So now come, please let me give you counsel H6098 and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8 - But he forsook the counsel H6098 of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him [fn]and served him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice H6098 of the elders which they had [fn]given him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - and he spoke to them according to the advice H6098 of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:20 - “You say (but they are [fn]only empty words), ‘I have counsel H6098 and strength for the war.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19 - From Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consultation H6098 sent him away, saying, “At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8 - But he forsook the counsel H6098 of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him [fn]and served him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel H6098 of the elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - He spoke to them according to the advice H6098 of the young men, saying, “[fn]My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He also walked according to their counsel, H6098 and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the [fn]Arameans [fn]wounded [fn]Joram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - As he was talking with him, [fn]the king said to him, “Have we appointed you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.” H6098

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel H6098 all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - “So now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and [fn]their children, according to the counsel H6098 of [fn]my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8 - and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel H6098 of the leaders and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited and he himself excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, H6098 then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - “He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice H6098 of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 - ‘Is it [fn]right for You indeed to oppress,
To reject the labor of Your hands,
And [fn]to look favorably on the schemes H6098 of the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13 - “With Him are wisdom and might;
To Him belong counsel H6098 and understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:7 - “His [fn]vigorous stride is shortened,
And his own scheme H6098 brings him down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - “Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel H6098 of the wicked is far from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:18 - “Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel H6098 of the wicked is far from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21 - “To me they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel. H6098

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - “Who is this that darkens counsel H6098
By words without knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - ‘Who is this that hides counsel H6098 without knowledge?’
“Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:1 - How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel H6098 of the wicked,
Nor stand in the [fn]path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2 - How long shall I take counsel H6098 in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - You would put to shame the counsel H6098 of the afflicted,
But the LORD is his refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:4 - May He grant you your heart’s desire
And fulfill all your [fn]counsel! H6098

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10 - The LORD nullifies the counsel H6098 of the nations;
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 - The counsel H6098 of the LORD stands forever,
The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:24 - With Your counsel H6098 You will guide me,
And afterward receive me [fn]to glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13 - They quickly forgot His works;
They did not wait for His counsel, H6098

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many times He would deliver them;
They, however, were rebellious in their counsel, H6098
And so sank down in their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - Because they had rebelled against the words of God
And spurned the counsel H6098 of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:24 - Your testimonies also are my delight;
They are [fn]my counselors. H6098

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - And you neglected all my counsel H6098
And did not want my reproof;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 - “They would not accept my counsel, H6098
They spurned all my reproof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:14 - “Counsel H6098 is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel. H6098

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:20 - Listen to counsel H6098 and accept discipline,
That you may be wise [fn]the rest of your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:21 - Many plans are in a man’s heart,
But the counsel H6098 of the LORD will stand.

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