Moetsah מוֹעֵצָה
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| מוֹעֵצָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | moetsah |
| Strong's number | H4156 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | counsel |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (2) |
Moetsah (Hebrew מוֹעֵצָה, Strong's H4156) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “counsel”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
counsel, plan, principal, device
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | counsels (6), devices (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | their own devices (3), about counsel (1), inclinations (1), their own plans (1), their counsel (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Moetsah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 5:10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
- Psalm 81:12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 22:20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 7:24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
Hosea
- Hosea 11:6And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.
Micah
- Micah 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).