Counsel
תַּחְבֻּלָהStrong’s H8458tachbulah (tach-bu-lah)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tachbulah is the Hebrew word usually translated “wise directions”, “guidance his” and “counsel of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.”
Meaning
- Direction, counsel, guidance, good advice, (wise) counseldirection, guidance · counsel
How it's translated
- wise directions 2
- by guidance his 1
- counsel of 1
- and by wise directions 1
- by wise directions 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 5
- Job 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 1:5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
- Proverbs 11:14Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
- Proverbs 24:6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Hebrew dictionary
תַּחְבֻּלָה tachbulah · counsel
1) direction, counsel, guidance, good advice, (wise) counsel 1a) direction, guidance 1b) counsel 1b1) good or wise counsel 1b2) of the wicked
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.