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Hebrew · Strong's H4156

מוֹעֵצָה

moetsahmo-ay-tsaw'

a purpose

1890 spelling: môwʻêtsâh

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

a purpose

Rendered in the KJV as

counsel, device.

  • 7
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 5 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 7
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 7 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 7

  • בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃1
  • בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת1
  • בְּמֹ֣עֵצ֔וֹת1
  • בְּמֹֽעֲצוֹתָ֑ם1
  • וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם1
  • מִֽמֹּעֲצ֪וֹתֵ֫יהֶ֥ם1
  • מִֽמֹּעֲצ֖וֹתֵיהֶֽם׃1

How it is rendered · 6

  • in counsels2
  • and from own schemes their1
  • from own schemes their1
  • from schemes their1
  • in own schemes their1
  • in schemes their1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural4
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural2
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 4
  • HR/Ncfpa · 2
  • HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 1

All 7, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Psalms2 occurrences
Proverbs2 occurrences
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Hosea1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).