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counsel

Meaning of “counsel”

1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

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143 occurrences137 verses32 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 18:19

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Isaiah 5:19
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:19 · retained source text

That say, Let him make speede, and hasten his worke, that we may see it: and let the counsell of the holy one of Israel draw nigh and come, that wee may know it.

Isaiah 7:5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:5 · retained source text

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the sonne of Remaliah haue taken euill counsell against thee, saying;

Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:10 · retained source text

Take counsell together, and it shall come to nought: speake the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with vs.

Isaiah 11:2
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 11:2 · retained source text

And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest vpon him, the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding, the spirit of counsell and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the feare of the LORD:

Isaiah 16:3
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 16:3 · retained source text

Take counsell, execute Iudgement, make thy shadow as the night in the middest of the nooneday, hide the outcastes, bewray not him that wandereth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bring.

Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:3 · retained source text

And the spirit of Egypt shall faile in the midst thereof, and I will destroy the counsell thereof: and they shall seeke to the idoles, and to the charmers, and to them that haue familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall be emptied.

1611 marginal noteHeb. swallow vp.

Isaiah 19:11
¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:11 · retained source text

¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fooles, the counsell of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: How say ye vnto Pharaoh, I am the sonne of the wise, the sonne of ancient kings?

Isaiah 19:17
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:17 · retained source text

And the land of Iudah shall bee a terrour vnto Egypt, euery one that maketh mention thereof, shal be afraid in himselfe, because of the counsell of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

Isaiah 23:8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 23:8 · retained source text

Who hath taken this counsell against Tyre the crowning citie, whose merchants are princes, whose traffiquers are the honourable of the earth?

Isaiah 28:29
This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:29 · retained source text

This also commeth forth from the LORD of hostes, which is wonderfull in counsell, and excellent in working.

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