Words the Bible translates as counsel
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- boulēβουλήa settled purpose reached by deliberation: a considered plan, counsel, or decision, whether God's or a person's
- etsahעֵצָהcounsel: the considered advice, plan, or purpose that comes out of thinking a matter through.
- ya'atsיָעַץto work out a course of action by counsel: to advise, to consult together, or to settle on a plan
- sodסוֹדan intimate inner circle and the confidential exchange within it: the trusted company, its private counsel, and the secret or friendship that binds it together
- sumboulionσυμβούλιονa plan settled on together: what a group decides to do after conferring, and then goes and does
+1 more meaning
- council: the circle of advisers a Roman official had beside him when he ruled on a case
- mo'etsahמוֹעֵצָהsettled plans that are actually being followed: the course of action a person or a nation has fixed on, and in nearly every use one chosen instead of what God said.
- taḥbulahתַּחְבֻּלָהcounselnot studied yet
- melakhמְלֵךְcounselnot studied yet
- etaעֵטָאcounselnot studied yet
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