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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

H6098

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Strong's Number H6098 matches the Hebrew עֵצָה (ʿēṣâ),
which occurs 89 times in 85 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Pro 20:5–Zec 6:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:5 - Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:18 - Plans are established by counsel;
By wise counsel wage war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:30 - There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by hearty counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 - That say, “Let Him make speed and 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 - Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, but it will not stand,
For God is with us.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2 - The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:26 - This is the purpose that is purposed against the whole earth,
And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - “Take counsel, execute judgment;
Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day;
Hide the outcasts,
Do not betray him who escapes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Surely the princes of Zoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which He has determined against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:1 - O LORD, You are my God.
I will exalt You,
I will praise Your name,
For You have done wonderful things;
Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 - This also comes from the LORD of hosts,
Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD,
And their works are in the dark;
They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 - “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD,
“Who take counsel, but not of Me,
And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
That they may add sin to sin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - “I say you speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere words. Now in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:13 - Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD,
Or as His counselor has taught Him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 - Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - Declaring 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,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 - Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels;
Let now the astrologers, the stargazers,
And the monthly prognosticators
Stand up and save you
From what shall come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 - Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans 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 attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - Yet, LORD, You know all their counsel
Which is against me, to slay me.
Provide no atonement for their iniquity,
Nor blot out their sin from Your sight;
But let them be overthrown before You.
Deal thus with them
In the time of Your anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “And I 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 hands of those who seek their lives; their corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:19 - ‘You are great in counsel and mighty in work, for Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 - Against Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“Is wisdom no more in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom vanished?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Edom,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - “Flee, get far away! Dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor!” says the LORD.
“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you,
And has conceived a plan against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Babylon,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:26 - Disaster will come upon disaster,
And rumor will be upon rumor.
Then they will seek a vision from a prophet;
But the law will perish from the priest,
And counsel from the elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:2 - And He said to me: “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - The idol also shall be carried to Assyria
As a present for King Jareb.
Ephraim shall receive shame,
And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:12 - But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD,
Nor do they understand His counsel;
For He will gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13 - Yes, He shall build the temple of the LORD.
He shall bear the glory,
And shall sit and rule on His throne;
So He shall be a priest on His throne,
And the counsel of peace shall be between them both.” ’

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