Sod סוֹד

Sod (Hebrew סוֹד, Strong's H5475) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “counsel”. It occurs 21 times in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Sod, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 49:6
  O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Job

• Job 15:8
  Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
• Job 19:19
  All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
• Job 29:4
  As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

Psalms

• Psalm 25:14
  The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
• Psalm 55:14
  We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
• Psalm 64:2
  Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
• Psalm 83:3
  They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
• Psalm 89:7
  God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
• Psalm 111:1
  Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 3:32
  For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• Proverbs 11:13
  A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
• Proverbs 15:22
  Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
• Proverbs 20:19
  He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
• Proverbs 25:9
  Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:11
  Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
• Jeremiah 15:17
  I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
• Jeremiah 23:18
  For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
• Jeremiah 23:22
  But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 13:9
  And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

Amos

• Amos 3:7
  Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).