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Counsel

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Greek G1011 bouleúō

Original: βουλεύω

Meaning:
from βουλή; to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve:--consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve:--consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose.

Greek G1012 boulḗ

Original: βουλή

Meaning:
from βούλομαι; volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose:--+ advise, counsel, will.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose:--+ advise, counsel, will.

Greek G1106 gnṓmē

Original: γνώμη

Meaning:
from γινώσκω; cognition, i.e. (subjectively) opinion, or (objectively) resolve (counsel, consent, etc.):--advice, + agree, judgment, mind, purpose, will.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: cognition, i.e. (subjectively) opinion, or (objectively) resolve (counsel, consent, etc.):--advice, + agree, judgment, mind, purpose, will.

Greek G4823 symbouleúō

Original: συμβουλεύω

Meaning:
from σύν and βουλεύω; to give (or take) advice jointly, i.e. recommend, deliberate or determine:--consult, (give, take) counsel (together).

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to give (or take) advice jointly, i.e. recommend, deliberate or determine:--consult, (give, take) counsel (together).

Greek G4824 symboúlion

Original: συμβούλιον

Meaning:
neuter of a presumed derivative of σύμβουλος; advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e. the provincial assessors or lay-court:--consultation, counsel, council.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: specially, a deliberative body, i.e. the provincial assessors or lay-court:--consultation, counsel, council.

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Hebrew H3245 yâçad

Original: יָסַד

Meaning:
a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult; appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.

Hebrew H3289 yâʻats

Original: יָעַץ

Meaning:
a primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve; advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.

Hebrew H4156 môwʻêtsâh

Original: מוֹעֵצָה

Meaning:
from יָעַץ; a purpose; counsel, device.

Hebrew H4431 mᵉlak

Original: מְלַךְ

Meaning:
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to מָלַךְ in the sense of consultation; advice; counsel.

Hebrew H5475 çôwd

Original: סוֹד

Meaning:
from יָסַד; a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret; assembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel).

Hebrew H5779 ʻûwts

Original: עוּץ

Meaning:
a primitive root; to consult; take advice ((counsel) together).

Hebrew H5843 ʻêṭâʼ

Original: עֵטָא

Meaning:
(Aramaic) from יְעַט; prudence; counsel.

Hebrew H6098 ʻêtsâh

Original: עֵצָה

Meaning:
from יָעַץ; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence; advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.

Hebrew H6191 ʻâram

Original: עָרַם

Meaning:
a primitive root; properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense); [idiom] very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly.

Hebrew H7592 shâʼal

Original: שָׁאַל

Meaning:
or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand; ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.

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Exodus 18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: Open
Numbers 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. Open
Numbers 31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. Open
Deuteronomy 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. Open
Joshua 9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. Open
Judges 18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. Open
Judges 20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. Open
Judges 20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. Open
Judges 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) Open
1 Samuel 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. Open
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. Open
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. Open
2 Samuel 16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. Open
2 Samuel 16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. Open
2 Samuel 17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. Open
2 Samuel 17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. Open
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. Open
2 Samuel 17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled. Open
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. Open
2 Samuel 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. Open
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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. Open
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: Open
1 Kings 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? Open
1 Kings 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; Open
1 Kings 12:14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Open
1 Kings 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open
2 Kings 6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. Open
2 Kings 18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Open
1 Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; Open
2 Chronicles 10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? Open
2 Chronicles 10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. Open
2 Chronicles 10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, Open
2 Chronicles 22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. Open
2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. Open
2 Chronicles 30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. Open
2 Chronicles 30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. Open
2 Chronicles 32:3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. Open
Ezra 10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. Open
Ezra 10:8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. Open
Nehemiah 4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. Open
Nehemiah 6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. Open
Job 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. Open
Job 10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? Open
Job 12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. Open
Job 18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. Open
Job 21:16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Open
Job 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Open
Job 29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. Open
Job 38:2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Open
Job 42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Open
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Open
Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Open
Psalm 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Open
Psalm 14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. Open
Psalm 16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. Open
Psalm 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. Open
Psalm 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. Open
Psalm 33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. Open
Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Open
Psalm 55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. Open
Psalm 64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Open
Psalm 71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, Open
Psalm 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Open
Psalm 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. Open
Psalm 106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: Open
Psalm 106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Open
Psalm 107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: Open
Proverbs 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: Open
Proverbs 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Open
Proverbs 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. Open
Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Open
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. Open
Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. Open
Proverbs 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. Open
Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. Open
Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. Open
Proverbs 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. Open
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. Open
Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. Open
Proverbs 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. Open
Ecclesiastes 8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. Open
Isaiah 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 nigh and come, that we may know it! Open
Isaiah 7:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Open
Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. Open
Isaiah 11:2 And 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; Open
Isaiah 16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Open
Isaiah 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. Open
Isaiah 19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? Open
Isaiah 19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. Open
Isaiah 23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? Open
Isaiah 28:29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. Open
Isaiah 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Open
Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: Open
Isaiah 36:5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Open
Isaiah 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? Open
Isaiah 44:26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: Open
Isaiah 45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Open
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Open
Isaiah 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. Open
Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices 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 smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. Open
Jeremiah 18:23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. Open
Jeremiah 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 them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. Open
Jeremiah 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? Open
Jeremiah 23:22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. Open
Jeremiah 32:19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: Open
Jeremiah 38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? Open
Jeremiah 49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? Open
Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. Open
Jeremiah 49:30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. Open
Jeremiah 50:45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. Open
Ezekiel 7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. Open
Ezekiel 11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: Open
Daniel 2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: Open
Daniel 4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. Open
Hosea 4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. Open
Hosea 10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. Open
Micah 4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Open
Zechariah 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. Open
Matthew 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. Open
Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: Open
Matthew 27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Open
Matthew 28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, Open
Mark 3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. Open
Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. Open
Luke 23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. Open
John 11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. Open
John 18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. Open
Acts 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Open
Acts 4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Open
Acts 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. Open
Acts 5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: Open
Acts 9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: Open
Acts 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Open
Acts 27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. Open
Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: Open
Hebrews 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: Open
Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Open

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