To counsel
יְעַטStrong’s H3289yeat (ye-at)
Appears in 73 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yeat is the Hebrew word usually translated “consulted”, “counselor” and “has planned”. It appears in 73 verses of the Old Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
- (Ithpael) to advise, counsel, take counsel
How it's translated
- and he consulted 7
- a counselor 5
- he has planned 5
- counseling 4
- counselors 4
- he has counseled 3
- they had counseled him 3
- and he took counsel 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 16
- 2 Chronicles 11
- 2 Samuel 6
- 1 Kings 6
- Psalms 6
- Proverbs 5
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 24:14And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
- 2 Samuel 15:12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 16:23And 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 17:7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
- 2 Samuel 17:11Therefore 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.
- 2 Samuel 17:15Then 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 counselled.
All 73 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
יְעַט yeat · to counsel
(Ithpael) to advise, counsel, take counsel Aramaic 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.