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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Counsel

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

143exact KJV occurrences 124Old Testament 19New Testament 32books containing the word 13mapped Strong's IDs 131occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Exodus 18:19

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 3:18

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where counsel appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG4824
συμβούλιον

symboúlion · soom-boo'-lee-on

5 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences

advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e. the provincial assessors or lay-court

Strong's KJV usage: :--consultation, counsel, council.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 22:15Strong's last: Mark 3:6

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HebrewH3245
יָסַד

yâçad · yaw-sad'

2 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences

v

to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult

Strong's KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, × sure.

Strong's first: Psalms 2:2Strong's last: Psalms 31:13

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HebrewH8458
תַּחְבֻּלָה

tachbulâh · takh-boo-law'

2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

(only in plural) properly, steerage (as a management of ropes), i.e. (figuratively) guidance or (by implication) a plan

Strong's KJV usage: good advice, (wise) counsels.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Proverbs 11:14Strong's last: Proverbs 24:6

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HebrewH1697
דָּבָר

dâbâr · daw-baw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1,425 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

Strong's KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.

Strong's first: Numbers 31:16Strong's last: Numbers 31:16

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HebrewH7592
שָׁאַל

shâʼal · shaw-al'

1 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences

v

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

Strong's KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, × earnestly, enquire, greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, salute, × straitly, × surely, wish.

Strong's first: Judges 18:5Strong's last: Judges 18:5

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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143 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Exodus 18:19
H3289

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:

Numbers 27:21
no direct Strong's tag

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

Numbers 31:16
H1697

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:28
H6098

For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

Joshua 9:14
no direct Strong's tag

And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

Judges 18:5
H7592

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

Judges 20:7
H6098

Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

Judges 20:18
no direct Strong's tag

And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

Judges 20:23
no direct Strong's tag

(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)

1 Samuel 14:37
no direct Strong's tag

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

2 Samuel 15:31
H6098

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 15:34
H6098

But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

2 Samuel 16:20
H6098

Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

2 Samuel 16:23
H6098

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

2 Samuel 16:23
H6098

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:7
H6098

And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

2 Samuel 17:11
H3289

Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

2 Samuel 17:14
H6098

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:14
H6098

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:14
H6098

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:15
H3289

Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

2 Samuel 17:23
H6098

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

2 Samuel 20:18
no direct Strong's tag

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

1 Kings 1:12
H3289

Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

1 Kings 12:8
H6098

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

counsel

COUNSEL, noun [Latin , to consult; to ask, to assail.]

1. Advice; opinion, or instruction, given upon request or otherwise, for directing the judgment or conduct of another; opinion given upon deliberation or consultation.

Every purpose is established by counsel Proverbs 20:5.

Thou hast not hearkened to my counsel 2 Chronicles 25:16.

2. Consultation; interchange of opinions.

We took sweet counsel together. Psalms 55:14.

3. Deliberation; examination of consequences.

They all confess that, in the working of that first cause, counsel is used, reason followed, and a way observed.

4. Prudence; deliberate opinion or judgment, or the faculty or habit of judging with caution.

O how comely is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men of honor. Ecclus. 25.

The law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. Ezekiel 7:26.

5. In a bad sense, evil advice or designs; art; machination.

The counsel of the froward is carried headlong. Job 5:13.

6. Secresy; the secrets entrusted in consultation; secret opinions or purposes. Let a man keep his own counsel

7. In a scriptural sense, purpose; design; will; decree.

What thy counsel determined before to be done. Acts 4:28.

To show the immutability of his counsel Hebrews 6:17.

8. Directions of God's word.

Thou shalt guide me by thy counsel Psalms 73:24.

9. The will of God or his truth and doctrines concerning the way of salvation.

I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God. Acts 20:27.

10. Those who give counsel in law; any counselor or advocate, or any number of counselors, barristers or sergeants; as the plaintiffs counsel or the defendants counsel The attorney-general and solicitor-general are the kings counsel In this sense, the word has no plural; but in the singular number, is applicable to one or more persons.

COUNSEL, verb transitive [Latin]

1. To give advice or deliberate opinion to another for the government of his conduct; to advise.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire. Revelations 3.

2. To exhort, warn, admonish, or instruct. We ought frequently to counsel our children against the vices of the age.

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped.

3. To advise or recommend; as, to counsel a crime. [Not much used.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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