H4156 - מוֹעֵצָה (môwʻêtsâh)

H4156 מוֹעֵצָה (môwʻêtsâh) mo-ay-tsaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

counsel

Strong's Definition

a purpose

Derivation: from H3289 (יָעַץ);

KJV Usage: counsel, device.

TWOT Reference: 887b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) counsel, plan, principal, device

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G763 G3598

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

counsel, plan, principal, device

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מוֹעֵצָה mô‛êtsâh BDB Definition: 1) counsel, plan, principal, device Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3289 Same Word by TWOT Number: 887b Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

5:10 81:12

1:31 22:20

7:24

11:6

6:16

Proverbs 1:31

So they {will} eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 22:20

Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Jeremiah 7:24

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Hosea 11:6

A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume [them] in their own plans.

Micah 6:16

You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.