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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5475

סוֹד

sodsode

counsel

21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: çôwd

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5475is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 19
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5475

a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret

The King James renders it: assembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

sod is rendered "counsel". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
  • The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.

The first use

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Genesis 49:6בְּסֹדָם֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Six of the word's twenty-one uses are in Psalms.

The other 32 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • in council of4
  • counsel3
  • ¿ in council of1
  • a secret1
  • and secret of1
  • council my1
  • counsel of1
  • from secret counsel of1
  • gathering of1
  • in assembly of1
  • in council my1
  • in council their1

and 4 more, 21 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 21, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

19 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ס֑וֹד3
  • בְּסֹדָם֙1
  • בְּס֖וֹד1
  • בְּס֥וֹד1
  • בְּס֣וֹד1
  • בְּס֧וֹד1
  • בְסוֹד־1
  • בְּסוֹד־1
  • בְּסוֹדִ֑י1
  • הַבְס֣וֹד1
  • וְס֖וֹד1
  • מִסּ֣וֹד1

and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HR/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
  • question particle + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HTi/R/Ncmsc

Genesis

one use
  • May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

    Genesis 49:6

    • בְּסֹדָם֙besodampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in council their

Job

three uses
  • Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

    Job 15:8

    • הַבְס֣וֹדhavsodquestion particle + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ in council of
  • All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

    Job 19:19

    • סוֹדִ֑יsodinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: council my
  • when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

    Job 29:4

    • בְּס֥וֹדbesodpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in intimacy of

Psalms

six uses
  • The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.

    Psalms 25:14

    • ס֣וֹדsodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: counsel of
  • We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

    Psalms 55:14

    • ס֑וֹדsodnoun · masculine singulartagged: counsel
  • Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

    Psalms 64:2

    • מִסּ֣וֹדmisodpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from secret counsel of
  • With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

    Psalms 83:3

    • ס֑וֹדsodnoun · masculine singulartagged: counsel
  • In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

    Psalms 89:7

    • בְּסוֹד־besod-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in council of
  • Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

    Psalms 111:1

    • בְּס֖וֹדbesodpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in council of

Proverbs

five uses
  • for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

    Proverbs 3:32

    • סוֹדֽוֹ׃sodonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: intimacy his
  • A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

    Proverbs 11:13

    • סּ֑וֹדsodnoun · masculine singulartagged: a secret
  • Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

    Proverbs 15:22

    • ס֑וֹדsodnoun · masculine singulartagged: counsel
  • He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

    Proverbs 20:19

    • סּ֭וֹדsodnoun · masculine singulartagged: secret counsel
  • Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

    Proverbs 25:9

    • וְס֖וֹדvesodconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and secret of

Jeremiah

four uses
  • But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

    Jeremiah 6:11

    • ס֥וֹדsodnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: gathering of
  • I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

    Jeremiah 15:17

    • בְסוֹד־vesod-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in assembly of
  • But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

    Jeremiah 23:18

    • בְּס֣וֹדbesodpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in council of
  • But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”

    Jeremiah 23:22

    • בְּסוֹדִ֑יbesodipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in council my

Ezekiel

one use
  • My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

    Ezekiel 13:9

    • בְּס֧וֹדbesodpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in council of

Amos

one use
  • Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

    Amos 3:7

    • סוֹד֔וֹsodonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: secret counsel his

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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