To counsel
יְעַטStrong’s H3272yeat (ye-at)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yeat is the Aramaic word usually translated “counselors his” and “took counsel together”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.”
Meaning
- (Ithpael) to advise, counsel, take counsel
- (P'al) counsellor (participle)
How it's translated
- counselors his 1
- and counselors his 1
- they took counsel together 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
- Daniel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 7:14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
- Ezra 7:15And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
Aramaic dictionary
יְעַט yeat · to counsel
(Ithpael) to advise, counsel, take counsel Aramaic of ya.ats (יָעַץ "to advise" H3289)
יָעֵט yaet · counsellor
(P'al) counsellor (participle) A grammatical form of ya.ats (יָעַץ "to advise" H3289)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “counsel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COUNSEL, noun
[Latin, to consult; to ask, to assail.]
- Advice; opinion, or instruction, given upon request or otherwise, for directing the judgment or conduct of another; opinion given upon deliberation or consultation.“Every purpose is established by counsel” Proverbs 20:18“Thou hast not hearkened to my counsel” 2 Chronicles 25:16
- Consultation; interchange of opinions.“We took sweet counsel together” Psalms 55:14
- Deliberation; examination of consequences.
- Prudence; deliberate opinion or judgment, or the faculty or habit of judging with caution.“The law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients” Ezekiel 7:26
All definitions and other forms of “counsel”
- In a bad sense, evil advice or designs; art; machination.“The counsel of the froward is carried headlong” Job 5:13
- Secresy; the secrets entrusted in consultation; secret opinions or purposes.
- In a scriptural sense, purpose; design; will; decree.“What thy counsel determined before to be done” Acts 4:28
- Directions of Gods word.“Thou shalt guide me by thy counsel” Psalms 73:24
- The will of God or his truth and doctrines concerning the way of salvation.“I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God” Acts 20:27
- Those who give counsel in law; any counselor or advocate, or any number of counselors, barristers or sergeants; as the plaintiffs counsel or the defendants counsel The attorney-general and solicitor-general are the kings counsel In this sense, the word has no plural; but in the singular number, is applicable to one or more persons.
COUNSEL, verb transitive
[Latin]
- To give advice or deliberate opinion to another for the government of his conduct; to advise.
- To exhort, warn, admonish, or instruct.
- To advise or recommend; as, to counsel a crime. [Not much used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.