Word

עֵצָה

ʻêtsâh · H6098 · Hebrew · 88 occurrences

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Meanings

understanding, insight, sense

State in which humans or deities have the ability think things through and take the right decisions

Examples
Deuteronomy 32:28 “For they are a nation destitute of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
Job 12:13 “Wisdom and might are with Him; Advice and understanding belong to Him.
Job 38:2 “Who is this who darkens the divine plan By words without knowledge?
counsel, advice

Causative action by which humans or deities offer guidance and recommendations to humans to help them take the right decisions

Examples
Judges 20:7 “Behold, all you sons of Israel, give your response and advice here.”
2 Samuel 15:31 Now someone informed David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “LORD, please make the advice of Ahithophel foolish.”
2 Samuel 15:34 “But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; even as I was your father’s servant in time past, so now I will also be your servant,’ then you can foil the advice of Ahithophel for me.
plan, purpose, scheme, design

A proposal on what to do in order to achieve certain goals, resulting from a thinking process

Examples
Ezra 4:5 and bribed advisers against them to frustrate their advice all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Proverbs 19:21 Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the LORD will stand.
Proverbs 20:5 A plan in the heart of a person is like deep water, But a person of understanding draws it out.
idol

An idol, literally a tree, meaning a wooden likeness of a person, animal, or thing that is worshiped in a way that is not sanctioned

Examples
Hosea 10:6 The thing itself will be brought to Assyria As a gift of tribute to King Jareb; Ephraim will be seized with shame, And Israel will be ashamed of its own plan.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

55 occurrences in 24 groups

יmy 7
הוּhis 7
אֲחִיתֹפֶלAhithophel 6
זָקֵןelder, old 5
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 5
הֶםtheir 5
Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

12 occurrences in 4 groups

יָעַץto counsel, to advise, to plan 9
בָּעַרto burn, to purge 1
טוֹבgood 1
רַעevil, bad 1

What it doesIt is the subject

10 occurrences in 10 groups

Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What is done to itIt is the object

34 occurrences in 24 groups

עָזַבto forsake, to leave 4
פָּרַרto break, to annul 4
שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 3
Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (23) 23

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָעַץto counsel, to advise, to plan 1

What it is said to bePredicate

10 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

4 occurrences in 4 groups

דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
זֹאתthis 1
חָכָםwise 1
מֶתֶקpleasant 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

19 occurrences in 6 groups

בin/on/with 13
לto/for 8
כlike/as 6
מִןfrom 4
לְמוֹat 2
עַלon, upon, over, against 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

7 occurrences in 5 groups

אִישׁman, person, each 3
אָבַדto perish, to destroy 1
פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 1
רוּחַspirit, wind 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

βουλή boulḗ · G1012 · plan, intention, purpose: Greek βουλή renders Hebrew עֵצָה across its core semantic range — advice, counsel, purpose, plan — with nearly complete overlap, reflecting genuine translation equivalence across both deliberative counsel-giving and intentional purpose or planning contexts.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Know002004002007: עֵצָה denotes counsel or advice as a product of knowing and planning, illustrated at Deuteronomy 32:28 ("they are a nation destitute of counsel") and 2 Samuel 15:31 ("make the advice of Ahithophel foolish").
Think002004002013: עֵצָה also denotes purpose or a formed plan, the thinking/deliberating sense underlying the act of giving counsel, illustrated at the same occurrences (2 Samuel 15:31, 17:14, of a deliberated plan of action rather than the spoken advice itself).
Trees001002007002: עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, H6098) is an abstract noun meaning "counsel, advice, plan." The quotation "LORD, please make the advice of Ahithophel foolish" at 2 Samuel 15:31 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Trees" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, H6097) in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Images001003001001010: עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, H6098) denotes abstract counsel or a plan, as the quotation "LORD, please make the advice of Ahithophel foolish" at 2 Samuel 15:31 shows, not a carved or fashioned image. The "Images" classification is bundle-shared with עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, H6097) in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יָעַץ yâʻats · H3289 · to plan, to plot, to devise · 79×עֵצָהʻêtsâh · H6098מוֹעֵצָה môwʻêtsâh · H4156 · design, plan · 7×יְעַט yᵉʻaṭ · H3272 · counsellor, consult together · 3×עֵטָא ʻêṭâʼ · H5843 · counsel · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6098. etsah עֵצָה noun feminine counsel, advice (= (יְ)עֵצָה) — ׳ע Jdg 20:7 Jdg 20:28t.;…

H6098. etsah
עֵצָה noun feminine counsel, advice (= (יְ)עֵצָה) — ׳ע Jdg 20:7 Jdg 20:28t.; construct עֲצַת Isa 5:19 33t.; suffix עֲצָתִי Pro 1:25 Pro 1:5t. (+ Isa 46:11 Qr; Kt עצתו better); עֲצָֽתְךָ Psa 20:5; Psa 73:24; עֲצָתוֺ Hos 10:6-7t. (including Isa 46:10 Kt see supr); עֲצָתָם Jer 18:23 Jer 18:4t.; plural עֵצוֺת Deu 32:28 Deu 32:2t.; עֲצָתָ֑יִךְ Isa 47:13; — counsel, advice 2Sa 15:31, 2Sa 15:34; 2Sa 16:23 (twice in verse); 2Sa 17:14 (3 t. in verse); 2Sa 17:23; 1Ki 12:8, 1Ki 12:13, 1Ki 12:14 2Ch 10:8; 2Ch 10:13; 2Ch 10:14, 2Ch 22:5; 2Ch 25:16; Ezr 10:3 (where read ׳ע אֲדֹנִי Reuss Ry), Ezr 10:8; Job 29:21; political consultation Isa 47:13; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2Sa 17:7; 1Ki 1:12; Isa 8:10; Eze 11:2 (עצתרָֿע, || אָוֶן); with הָב֫וּ give counsel Jdg 20:7; 2Sa 16:20; ע ׳חֵבִיא Isa 16:3; ע ׳עשׂה Isa 30:1; בְּנַפְשִׁי עֵצוֺת אָשִׁית Psa 13:3; = design, purpose Ezr 4:5; Neh 4:9; 1Ch 12:20 (Baer), Psa 14:6; Psa 20:5; Jer 18:23 (followed by עַל = against), Jer 49:30 (|| מַחֲשָׁבָה); עֲצַתגּֿוֺיִם Psa 33:10; suitable counsel for war (= Generalship) 2Ki 18:20 = Isa 36:5 (compare Pro 20:18 below); also שָׁלוֺם עֲצַת Zec 6:13 counsel of peace; practical wisdom, sagacity Isa 19:3, compare Isa 19:11, Jer 19:7; Deu 32:28 (|| תְּבוּנָה), Hos 10:6. Especially in Wisdom Literature and prophets; counsel = good counsle, wisdom Job 38:2; Job 42:3; Pro 12:15; Pro 20:5 (its seat בְּלֶבאִֿישׁ); || תּוּשִׁיָּה Pro 8:14; Isa 28:29 (of ׳י); || חָכְמָה Jer 49:7; || חָכְמָה and תְּבוּנָה Job 12:13; Pro 21:30; || מוּסָר Pro 19:20; || תַּחְבֻּלוֺת Pro 20:18 (compare Isa 36:5 above); ׳ע נִפְתָּלִים Job 5:13; ע ׳רוּחַ וּגְבוּרָה Isa 11:2 (|| ׳ר וּבָינָה חָכְמָה); hearty counsel ׳ע נֶפֶשׁ Pro 27:9; counsel of wisdom, when wisdom is personified Pro 1:25, Pro 1:30 (|| תּוֺכַחַת); in bad sense ׳ע רשׁעים Job 10:3; Job 21:16; Job 22:18; Psa 1:1, compare Job 18:7; Psa 106:43; Isa 29:15; of plan of ׳י; ׳ע ׳י Psa 33:11; Pro 19:21; Isa 19:17; Isa 14:26 (׳הע הַיִעוּצָה), Isa 25:1; Isa 46:10-11, ׳ע ישׂראל קדושׁ Isa 5:19; also Mic 4:12; Jer 32:19 (הָעֵצָה גְּדֹל), Jer 49:20; Jer 50:45; Psa 106:13; ׳ע עֶלְיוֺן Psa 107:11; instruction, guiding wisdom of ׳י Psa 73:24; אִישׁעֲֿצָתוֺ i.e. counsellor of ׳י Isa 40:13; in figure עֲצָתִי אַנְשֵׁי Psa 119:24 = my counsellors, said of testimonies of God; = prophecy, ׳ע מלאכיו Isa 44:26 (|| עַבְדּוֺ דְּבַר); ע ׳תִּאֹבַד מִזְּקֵנִים Eze 7:26 (compare 1Ki 12:8; || תּוֺרָה חָזוֺן,), מֵחָכָם Jer 18:18 (|| תּוֺרָה דָּבָר,).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0