Counsel
סוֹדStrong’s H5475sod
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sod is the Hebrew word usually translated “council of”, “counsel” and “council their”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.”
Meaning
- Council, counsel, assemblycouncil (of familiar conversation) · counsel
How it's translated
- in council of 5
- counsel 3
- in council their 1
- council my 1
- in intimacy of 1
- counsel of 1
- from secret counsel of 1
- intimacy his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Proverbs 5
- Jeremiah 4
- Job 3
- Genesis 1
- Ezekiel 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 15:8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
- Job 19:19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
- Job 29:4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
- Psalms 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
- Psalms 55:14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Hebrew dictionary
סוֹד sod · counsel
1) council, counsel, assembly 1a) council (of familiar conversation) 1a1) divan, circle (of familiar friends) 1a2) assembly, company 1b) counsel 1b1) counsel (itself) 1b2) secret counsel 1b3) familiar converse, intimacy (with God)
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.