Lexical Summary etsah: counsel, advice Original Word: עֵצָהTransliteration: etsah Phonetic Spelling: (ay-tsaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: counsel, advice Meaning: advice, plan, prudence Strong's Concordance advice, advisement, counselor, purpose From ya'ats; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence -- advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose. see HEBREW ya'ats Brown-Driver-Briggs H6098. etsah עֵצָה noun feminine counsel, advice (= (יְ)עֵצָה) — ׳ע Judges 20:7 28t.; construct עֲצַת Isaiah 5:19 33t.; suffix עֲצָתִי Proverbs 1:25 5t. (+ Isaiah 46:11 Qr; Kt עצתו better); עֲצָֽתְךָ Psalm 20:5; 73:24; עֲצָתוֺ Hosea 10:6-7t. (including Isaiah 46:10 Kt see supr); עֲצָתָם Jeremiah 18:23 4t.; plural עֵצוֺת Deuteronomy 32:28 2t.; עֲצָתָ֑יִךְ Isaiah 47:13; — counsel, advice 2 Samuel 15:31, 34; 16:23 (twice in verse); 17:14 (3 t. in verse); 17:23; 1 Kings 12:8, 13, 14 2 Chronicles 10:8; 10:13; 10:14, 22:5; 25:16; Ezra 10:3 (where read ׳ע אֲדֹנִי Reuss Ry), 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; ע ׳חֵבִיא Isaiah 16:3; ע ׳עשׂה 30:1; בְּנַפְשִׁי עֵצוֺת אָשִׁית Psalm 13:3; = design, purpose Ezra 4:5; Nehemiah 4:9; 1 Chronicles 12:20 (Baer), Psalm 14:6; 20:5; Jeremiah 18:23 (followed by עַל = against), 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 שָׁלוֺם עֲצַת Zechariah 6:13 counsel of peace; practical wisdom, sagacity Isaiah 19:3, compare 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; 42:3; Proverbs 12:15; 20:5 (its seat בְּלֶבאִֿישׁ); "" תּוּשִׁיָּה 8:14; Isaiah 28:29 (of ׳י); "" חָכְמָה Jeremiah 49:7; "" חָכְמָה and תְּבוּנָה Job 12:13; Proverbs 21:30; "" מוּסָר 19:20; "" תַּחְבֻּלוֺת 20:18 (compare Isaiah 36:5 above); ׳ע נִפְתָּלִים Job 5:13; ע ׳רוּחַ וּגְבוּרָה Isaiah 11:2 ("" ׳ר וּבָינָה חָכְמָה); hearty counsel ׳ע נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 27:9; counsel of wisdom, when wisdom is personified 1:25, 30 ("" תּוֺכַחַת); in bad sense ׳ע רשׁעים Job 10:3; 21:16; 22:18; Psalm 1:1, compare Job 18:7; Psalm 106:43; Isaiah 29:15; of plan of ׳י; ׳ע ׳י Psalm 33:11; Proverbs 19:21; Isaiah 19:17; 14:26 (׳הע הַיִעוּצָה), 25:1; 46:10-11, ׳ע ישׂראל קדושׁ 5:19; also Micah 4:12; Jeremiah 32:19 (הָעֵצָה גְּדֹל), 49:20; 50:45; Psalm 106:13; ׳ע עֶלְיוֺן 107:11; instruction, guiding wisdom of ׳י 73:24; אִישׁעֲֿצָתוֺ i.e. counsellor of ׳י Isaiah 40:13; in figure עֲצָתִי אַנְשֵׁי Psalm 119:24 = my counsellors, said of testimonies of God; = prophecy, ׳ע מלאכיו Isaiah 44:26 ("" עַבְדּוֺ דְּבַר); ע ׳תִּאֹבַד מִזְּקֵנִים Ezekiel 7:26 (compare 1 Kings 12:8; "" תּוֺרָה חָזוֺן,), מֵחָכָם Jeremiah 18:18 ("" תּוֺרָה דָּבָר,). |
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