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Strong’s H3289 · Hebrew

יָעַץ

yâʻats · yaw-ats'

Origin a primitive root;

Meaning to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve

In the King James Version advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.

In 73 verses of the King James Version

1–50 of 73

  1. Exodus 18:19Hearken 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:
  2. 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.
  3. 2 Samuel 15:12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counseller, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
  4. 2 Samuel 16:23And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
  5. 2 Samuel 17:7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 2 Samuel 17:21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
  9. 1 Kings 1:12Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
  10. 1 Kings 12:6And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
  11. 1 Kings 12:8But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
  12. 1 Kings 12:9And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
  13. 1 Kings 12:13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
  14. 1 Kings 12:28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
  15. 2 Kings 6:8Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
  16. 1 Chronicles 13:1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
  17. 1 Chronicles 26:14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
  18. 1 Chronicles 27:32Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counseller, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:
  19. 1 Chronicles 27:33And Ahithophel was the king’s counseller: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:
  20. 2 Chronicles 10:6And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
  21. 2 Chronicles 10:8But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
  22. 2 Chronicles 10:9And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
  23. 2 Chronicles 20:21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
  24. 2 Chronicles 22:3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly.
  25. 2 Chronicles 22:4Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction.
  26. 2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
  27. 2 Chronicles 25:17Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
  28. 2 Chronicles 30:2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
  29. 2 Chronicles 30:23And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
  30. 2 Chronicles 32:3He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
  31. Ezra 4:5And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
  32. Ezra 7:28And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellers, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
  33. Ezra 8:25And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
  34. Nehemiah 6:7And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
  35. Job 3:14With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
  36. Job 12:17He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
  37. Job 26:3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
  38. Psalms 16:7I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
  39. Psalms 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
  40. Psalms 62:4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
  41. Psalms 71:10For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
  42. Psalms 83:3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
  43. Psalms 83:5For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
  44. Proverbs 11:14Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.
  45. Proverbs 12:20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.
  46. Proverbs 13:10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
  47. Proverbs 15:22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.
  48. Proverbs 24:6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.
  49. Isaiah 1:26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
  50. Isaiah 3:3The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

יָעַץ (H3289) · Strong’s · Cloud of Witnesses