עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh · ay-tsaw'
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3289 (יָעַץ);
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
- advice
- by implication, plan
- also, prudence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to pursue the straight path › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to pursue the straight path that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵצָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
89 occurrences · 89 OT · 0 NT · 56 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the counsel16 · 26%
- counsel14 · 23%
- and the counsel3 · 5%
- their counsel2 · 3%
- nor counsel2 · 3%
- i have counsel2 · 3%
- in counsel2 · 3%
- of counsel2 · 3%
- and counsel2 · 3%
- my counsel2 · 3%
- that his counsel1 · 2%
- upon the counsel1 · 2%
- than the counsel1 · 2%
- let me, i pray thee, give thee counsel1 · 2%
- so was all the counsel1 · 2%
- of them, according to the counsel1 · 2%
- their purpose1 · 2%
- unto my counsel1 · 2%
- also after their counsel1 · 2%
- them after the advice1 · 2%
- upon advisement1 · 2%
- according to the counsel1 · 2%
- to them after the counsel1 · 2%
- he hath counsel1 · 2%
- i pray thee, turn the counsel1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.