יְעַט
yeat · counsel; counselor
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H3272 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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yeat (יְעַט) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “counsel; counselor”.
To counsel; "counselor" (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "yaats".
How to say it
ye·at
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A man who gives the king counsel in the decisions of the kingdom (in Aramaic).
- To come to an agreement among several, after consulting (in Aramaic).
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- counselors ×2
- have agreed ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 7:14
Because you are sent from before the king and his seven counselors to investigate about Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your Elah, which is in your hand,
- Ezra 7:15
and to carry the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the Elah of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
- Daniel 6:7
All the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the advisers and the governors, have agreed to establish a royal statute and to enforce a prohibition, that whoever makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions.