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יָעַץ

yaats · advise, counsel

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3289 · appears 79 times in the Bible

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What it means

yaats (יָעַץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “advise, counsel”.

Advise; also decide or plan something.

How to say it

ya·ats

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

  1. To tell someone what is best to do.
  2. A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
  3. To form a plan in the mind and resolve to carry it out.
  4. To ask others what to do, decide together.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To advise, give counsel; in a reflexive form, to seek or take counsel; also to decide, to plan something. As a participle, the counselor. BDB: to advise; reflexively, to deliberate, resolve. Of the same root is עֵצָה, “counsel” (H6098).

How we translate it

“Counsel” 13 times, “counselor” 11, “counselors” 10, “counseled” 6, “took counsel” 6, “has counseled” 5, “sought counsel” 5, “has planned” 4. The noun and the verb go as a pair (“The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled”, 2 Samuel 17:7); the reflexive נוֹעַץ is “sought counsel” when others are consulted (1 Kings 12:6) and “took counsel” when several decide together (2 Chronicles 30:2).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • counsel ×13
  • counselor ×11
  • counselors ×10
  • counseled ×6
  • took counsel ×6
  • has counseled ×5
  • sought counsel ×5
  • has planned ×4
  • they had counseled him ×3
  • I will advise you ×2
  • others ×14

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 18:19

    Now listen to my voice; I will advise you, and may Elohim be with you! You be the representative for the people before Elohim, and you bring the cases to Elohim.

  • Numbers 24:14

    And now, look, I am going to my people; come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”

  • 2 Samuel 15:12

    Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.

  • 2 Samuel 16:23

    The counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of Elohim; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both to David and to Absalom.

  • 2 Samuel 17:7

    Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled is not good this time.”

  • 2 Samuel 17:11

    So I counsel that all Israel be surely gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude, and that you in person go into battle.

  • 2 Samuel 17:15

    Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Such and such Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and such and such I have counseled.

  • 2 Samuel 17:21

    After they had gone, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; they said to David, “Get up and cross the water quickly, for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you.”

  • 1 Kings 1:12

    So now come, please let me give you advice, and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

  • 1 Kings 12:6

    King Rehoboam sought counsel from the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?”

  • 1 Kings 12:8

    But he abandoned the counsel of the elders that they had counseled him, and sought counsel from the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

  • 1 Kings 12:9

    He said to them, “What do you counsel that we answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

  • 1 Kings 12:13

    The king answered the people harshly, and abandoned the counsel of the elders that they had counseled him;

  • 1 Kings 12:28

    So the king sought counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, “Enough for you of going up to Jerusalem. Look, your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

  • 2 Kings 6:8

    The king of Aram was fighting against Israel, and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “In such and such a place will be my camp.”

  • 1 Chronicles 13:1

    David consulted with the commanders of the thousands and of the hundreds, with every leader.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:14

    The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. For Zechariah his son, a counselor with discretion, they cast lots, and his lot came out for the north.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:32

    Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe; and Jehiel son of Hachmoni was with the sons of the king.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:33

    Ahithophel was counselor to the king, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

  • 2 Chronicles 10:6

    King Rehoboam sought counsel from the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?”

  • 2 Chronicles 10:8

    But he abandoned the counsel of the elders that they had counseled him, and sought counsel from the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

  • 2 Chronicles 10:9

    He said to them, “What do you counsel that we answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?”

  • 2 Chronicles 20:21

    He took counsel with the people and appointed singers to YHWH and men praising in the splendor of holiness, as they went out before the equipped troops, and saying, “Give thanks to YHWH, for his loyal love is forever.”

  • 2 Chronicles 22:3

    He too walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly.

  • 2 Chronicles 22:4

    He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:16

    And it happened, as he was speaking to him, that the king said to him, “Have we made you a counselor to the king? Stop! Why should they strike you down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that Elohim has decided to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

  • 2 Chronicles 25:17

    Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look each other in the face.”

  • 2 Chronicles 30:2

    The king and his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem took counsel to celebrate the Passover in the second month;

  • 2 Chronicles 30:23

    The whole assembly took counsel to celebrate another seven days, and they celebrated seven days with joy.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:3

    and he took counsel with his officials and his mighty men to stop up the waters of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him.

  • Ezra 4:5

    and hiring counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, and until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

  • Ezra 7:28

    and to me he extended loyal love before the king and his counselors and all the officials of the king, the mighty men. And I strengthened myself according to the hand of YHWH my Elohim upon me, and I gathered from Israel heads to go up with me.

  • Ezra 8:25

    and I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the utensils, the contribution for the house of our Elohim, which the king and his counselors and his officials and all Israel who were present had offered;

  • Nehemiah 6:7

    And you have also set up prophets to proclaim about you in Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now it will be heard by the king according to these words. So now come, and let us take counsel together.”

  • Job 3:14

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

  • Job 12:17

    He makes counselors walk barefoot, and judges he drives mad.

  • Job 26:3

    How you have counseled one who has no wisdom, and sound judgment in abundance you have made known.

  • Psalms 16:7

    I will bless YHWH who counsels me; even at night my kidneys correct me.

  • Psalms 32:8

    I will make you understand and teach you in the way that you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

  • Psalms 62:4

    Only from his height they have resolved to push him down; they delight in lies; with their mouth they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah.

And 39 more times.