Strong's Hebrew · H6098

עֵצָה

ʻêtsâh · ay-tsaw'

Definitionadvice; by implication, plan; also prudence
Derivationfrom H3289 (יָעַץ);
KJV usageadvice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Occurrences88 in the KJV · 85 verses

עֵצָה in Scripture

Deuteronomy 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. Judges 20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. 2 Samuel 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 2 Samuel 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father' s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. 2 Samuel 16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. 2 Samuel 16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. 2 Samuel 17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. 2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. 2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 1 Kings 1:12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 1 Kings 12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: 1 Kings 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men' s counsel that they gave him;
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