יָעַץ

Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.

Exodus 18:19

• אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔ʾiatzekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: let me advise you

Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”

Numbers 24:14

• אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔ʾiatzekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will advise you

While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

2 Samuel 15:12

• יוֹעֵ֣ץyoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counselor of

Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

2 Samuel 16:23

• יָעַץ֙yaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he counseled

Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”

2 Samuel 17:7

• יָעַ֥ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has counseled

Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.

2 Samuel 17:11

• יָעַ֗צְתִּיyaatztiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I counsel

So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.

2 Samuel 17:15

• יָעַ֤ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has counseled
• יָעַ֥צְתִּיyaatztiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have counseled

After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

2 Samuel 17:21

• יָעַ֥ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has counseled

Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

1 Kings 1:12

• אִיעָצֵ֥ךְʾiatzekhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: let me counsel you

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

1 Kings 12:6

• וַיִּוָּעַ֞ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he consulted
• נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםnoatzimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: counseling

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 12:8

• יְעָצֻ֑הוּyeatzuhuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they had counseled him
• וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he consulted

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

1 Kings 12:9

• נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםnoatzimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: counseling

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

1 Kings 12:13

• יְעָצֻֽהוּ׃yeatzuhuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they had counseled him

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:28

• וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he took counsel

Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

2 Kings 6:8

• וַיִּוָּעַץ֙vaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he consulted

Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

1 Chronicles 13:1

• וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he consulted

The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.

1 Chronicles 26:14

• יוֹעֵ֣ץ׀yoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a counselor

David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.

1 Chronicles 27:32

• יוֹעֵ֔ץyoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a counselor

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

1 Chronicles 27:33

• יוֹעֵ֣ץyoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a counselor

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

2 Chronicles 10:6

• וַיִּוָּעַ֞ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he consulted
• נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםnoatzimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: counseling

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

2 Chronicles 10:8

• יְעָצֻ֑הוּyeatzuhuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they had counseled him
• וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he consulted

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

2 Chronicles 10:9

• נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםnoatzimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: counseling

Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”

2 Chronicles 20:21

• וַיִּוָּעַץ֙vaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he consulted

Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

2 Chronicles 22:3

• יֽוֹעַצְתּ֖וֹyoatztoverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: counselor his

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.

2 Chronicles 22:4

• יֽוֹעֲצִ֗יםyoatzimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: counselors

While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

2 Chronicles 25:16

• הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץhalyoetzquestion particle + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: ¿ into a counselor
• יָעַ֤ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has planned

Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

2 Chronicles 25:17

• וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he took counsel

For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

2 Chronicles 30:2

• וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he had taken counsel

The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

2 Chronicles 30:23

• וַיִּוָּֽעֲצוּ֙vaiyivaatzuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they took counsel

he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.

2 Chronicles 32:3

• וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץvaiyivaatzHc/VNw3mstagged: and he took counsel

They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 4:5

• יוֹעֲצִ֖יםyoatzimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: counselors

and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.

Ezra 7:28

• וְיֽוֹעֲצָ֔יוveyoatzavconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and counselors his

and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.

Ezra 8:25

• וְיֹעֲצָ֣יוveyoatzavconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and counselors his

and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”

Nehemiah 6:7

• וְנִֽוָּעֲצָ֖הvenivaatzahconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: so let us take counsel

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

Job 3:14

• וְיֹ֣עֲצֵיveyoatzeiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and counselors of

He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.

Job 12:17

• יוֹעֲצִ֣יםyoatzimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: counselors

How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!

Job 26:3

• יָּ֭עַצְתָּyaatztaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have counseled

I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.

Psalms 16:7

• יְעָצָ֑נִיyeatzaniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he has counseled me

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

Psalms 32:8

• אִֽיעֲצָ֖הʾiatzahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will counsel

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Psalms 62:4

• יָעֲצ֣וּyaatzuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have planned

For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

Psalms 71:10

• נוֹעֲצ֥וּnoatzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have consulted

With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

Psalms 83:3

• וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּveyityaatzuHC/Vtu3mptagged: so they may consult together

For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

Psalms 83:5

• נוֹעֲצ֣וּnoatzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have consulted

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

Proverbs 11:14

• יוֹעֵֽץ׃yoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: counselor

Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.

Proverbs 12:20

• וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵ֖יuleyoatzeiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to counselors of

Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Proverbs 13:10

• נ֖וֹעָצִ֣יםnoatzimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: receive advice

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 15:22

• יוֹעֲצִ֣יםyoatzimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: counselors

Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

Proverbs 24:6

• יוֹעֵֽץ׃yoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: counselor

I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

Isaiah 1:26

• וְיֹעֲצַ֖יִךְveyoatzayikhconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and counselors your

the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.

Isaiah 3:3

• וְיוֹעֵ֛ץveyoetzconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and counselor

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

Isaiah 7:5

• יָעַ֥ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has planned

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

• יוֹעֵץ֙yoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a counselor

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Isaiah 14:24

• יָעַ֖צְתִּיyaatztiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have planned

This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

Isaiah 14:26

• הַיְּעוּצָ֖הhaiyeutzahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: which is planned

The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

Isaiah 14:27

• יָעָ֖ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has planned

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

Isaiah 19:12

• יָּעַ֛ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: has he planned

The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

Isaiah 19:17

• יוֹעֵ֥ץyoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: planning

Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

Isaiah 23:8

• יָעַ֣ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he plan

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

Isaiah 23:9

• יְעָצָ֑הּyeatzahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he planned it

The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Isaiah 32:7

• יָעָ֔ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he plans

But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

Isaiah 32:8

• יָעָ֑ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he plans

Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

Isaiah 40:14

• נוֹעָץ֙noatzverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: did he take counsel

When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

Isaiah 41:28

• יוֹעֵ֑ץyoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a counselor

Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.

Isaiah 45:21

• יִֽוָּעֲצ֖וּyivaatzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them take counsel

“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”

Jeremiah 38:15

• אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔ʾiatzekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will counsel you

Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

Jeremiah 49:20

• יָעַץ֙yaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has planned

Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.

Jeremiah 49:30

• יָעַ֨ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has planned

Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

Jeremiah 50:45

• יָעַץ֙yaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has planned

And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

Ezekiel 11:2

• וְהַיֹּעֲצִ֥יםvehaiyoatzimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and who counsel

Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Micah 4:9

• יוֹעֲצֵךְ֙yoatzekhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: counselor your

My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

Micah 6:5

• יָּעַ֗ץyaatzverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he plan

From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

Nahum 1:11

• יֹעֵ֖ץyoetzverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a counselor of

You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.

Habakkuk 2:10

• יָעַ֥צְתָּyaatztaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have planned