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Lexicon :: Strong's H3289 - yāʿaṣ

Aa
יָעַץ
Transliteration
yāʿaṣ
Pronunciation
yaw-ats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 887

Strong’s Definitions

יָעַץ yâʻats, yaw-ats'; a primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve:—advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H3289 in the following manner: counsel (25x), counsellor (22x), consult (9x), give (7x), purposed (5x), advice (2x), determined (2x), advise (2x), deviseth (2x), taken (2x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H3289 in the following manner: counsel (25x), counsellor (22x), consult (9x), give (7x), purposed (5x), advice (2x), determined (2x), advise (2x), deviseth (2x), taken (2x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan

    1. (Qal)

      1. to advise, counsel, give counsel, consult

      2. counsellor (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to consult together, exchange counsel, deliberate, counsel together

    3. (Hithpael) to conspire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָעַץ yâʻats, yaw-ats'; a primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve:—advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
STRONGS H3289: Abbreviations
† יָעַץ verb advise, counsel (only twice in Hexateuch) (Aramaic יְעט; Arabic bdb041908 exhort, admonish) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular יָעַץ Isaiah 7:5 + 11 times; יָעָ֑ץ Isaiah 14:27 + 2 times; suffix יְעָצָ֑נִי Psalm 16:7; יְעָצָהּ Isaiah 23:9 + יְעָצָהוּ Baer 2 Chronicles 10:8; 3rd person plural יָָֽעֲצוּ Psalm 62:5; suffix יְעָצֻהוּ 1 Kings 12:8 + 2 times (including 2 Chronicles 10:8, Baer יְעָצָ֑הוּ); etc.; Imperfect אִיעֲצָה Psalm 32:8 (Ol Che אִיעָֽצְךָ); אִיעָֽצְךָ Exodus 18:19; Numbers 24:14 (not elsewhere Hexateuch), Jeremiah 38:15, compare also foregoing; אִיעָצֵךְ 1 Kings 1:12; Participle active יוֺעֵץ Isaiah 3:3 + 9 times; construct יֹעֵץ Nahum 1:11, יוֺעֵץ 2 Samuel 15:2; יוֺעֲצֵךְ Micah 4:9; plural יוֺעֲצִים Job 12:17 + 3 times; יֹעֲצִים Ezekiel 11:2; construct יֹעֲצֵי Isaiah 19:11 + 2 times, etc.; feminine singular suffix יוֺעַצְתּוֺ 2 Chronicles 22:3; Passive participle feminine יְעוּצָה Isaiah 14:26; — advise, counsel, with accusative Isaiah 32:7, 8; Isaiah 23:9 (subject י׳) Micah 6:5; followed by בְּלִיַּ֫עַל Nahum 1:11; Nah 7:5 [Isaiah 7:5] (followed by עַל = against), Nah 19:12 [Isaiah 19:12] (followed by id.), Nah 23:8 [Isaiah 23:8] (followed by id.), Habakkuk 2:10 (followed by לְ); often with accusative of congnate meaning with verb 2 Samuel 16:23; 2 Samuel 17:7; Ezekiel 11:2; followed by אֶל against Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45 (in both of י׳); followed by עַל against Jeremiah 49:30; Isaiah 19:17 (of י׳); compare passive participle Isaiah 14:26; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + suffix person 1 Kings 12:8, 12, 13; 2 Chronicles 10:8; with accusative of person 2 Samuel 17:15; Psalm 16:7; Exodus 18:19; Numbers 24:14 (+ rel. clause) Jeremiah 38:15; absolute (of י׳) Isaiah 14:24 (with adverb כאשׁר), Isaiah 14:27; of man 2 Samuel 17:15 (כזאת וכזאת), 2 Samuel 17:21 (ככה + על); followed by infinitive Psalm 62:5; 2 Chronicles 25:16 (of אלהים); followed by clause without connective 2 Samuel 17:11; followed by לְלֹא חָכְמָה Job 26:3; — אִיעֲצָה עליך עיני Psalm 32:8 (see above). — Participle active as substantive = counseller, king's adviser 2 Samuel 15:12; 1 Chronicles 27:33; 2 Chronicles 22:4; 25:16; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 8:25; Isaiah 19:11; so feminine 2 Chronicles 22:3; probably also 1 Chronicles 27:32 (|| אִישׁ מֵבִין יְסוֺפֵר); compare Micah 4:9, also Isaiah 1:26 (|| שֹׁפְטִים), Job 12:17 (|| id.); — in these three, of importance for people; so also Isaiah 3:3; Proverbs 11:4 = Proverbs 24:6; compare Job 3:14, and particularly יוֺעֵץ פֶּלֶא Isaiah 9:5 wonder of a counsellor, of the ideal ruler predicated. More generally, counsellor, adviser Proverbs 15:22; בְּשֶׂכֶל יו׳ 1 Chronicles 26:14 (specific reason for title unknown); יֹעֲ׳ שָׁלוֺם Proverbs 12:20; = prophet Isaiah 41:28, nearly = agents (hired by adversaries of Judah) Ezra 4:5.
Niph. (reflexive or reciprocal) Perfect נוֺעַץ Isaiah 40:14; נוֺעֲצוּ Psalm 71:10; Psalm 83:6; Imperfect וַיִּוָּעַץ 1 Kings 12:6 + 10 times; יִוָּֽעֲצוּ Isaiah 45:21; וַיִּוָּֽעֲצוּ 2 Chronicles 30:23; נִוָּֽעֲצָה Nehemiah 6:7; Participle plural נוֺעָצִים 1 Kings 12:6 + 4 times; — consult together, exchange counsel, of king with advisers, followed by אֶתֿ 1 Kings 12:6, 8 2 Chronicles 10:6, 8; and so of י׳ Isaiah 40:14; followed by אֶלֿ 2 Kings 6:8; 2 Chronicles 20:21; followed by עִם 1 Chronicles 13:1; 2 Chronicles 32:3; absolute consider 1 Kings 12:28; 2 Chronicles 25:17; 30:2; compare 1 Kings 12:6 (followed by infinitive) = 2 Chronicles 10:6; 1 Kings 12:9 (followed by Imperfect + ו subordinate) = 2 Chronicles 10:9; in general consult, take counsel, absolute Proverbs 13:10; יַחְדָּו Psalm 71:10; Nehemiah 6:7; Isaiah 45:21; followed by לֵב יַחְדָּו (with heart together) Psa 83:6 [Psalm 83:5] nearly = determine, followed by infinitive 2 Chronicles 30:23.
† Hithp. Imperfect יִתְיָעֲצוּ Psalm 83:4 conspire against, followed by עַל (|| יַעֲרִימוּ סוֺד על).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3272.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

18:19; 18:19

Numbers

24:14; 24:14

2 Samuel

15:2; 15:12; 16:23; 17:7; 17:11; 17:15; 17:15; 17:21

1 Kings

1:12; 12:6; 12:6; 12:6; 12:6; 12:8; 12:8; 12:8; 12:9; 12:12; 12:13; 12:28

2 Kings

6:8

1 Chronicles

13:1; 26:14; 27:32; 27:33

2 Chronicles

10:6; 10:6; 10:8; 10:8; 10:8; 10:8; 10:9; 20:21; 22:3; 22:3; 22:4; 25:16; 25:16; 25:17; 30:2; 30:23; 30:23; 32:3

Ezra

4:5; 7:28; 8:25

Nehemiah

6:7; 6:7

Job

3:14; 12:17; 12:17; 26:3

Psalms

16:7; 16:7; 32:8; 32:8; 62:5; 62:5; 71:10; 71:10; 83:4; 83:5; 83:6

Proverbs

11:4; 12:20; 13:10; 15:22; 24:6

Isaiah

1:26; 3:3; 3:3; 7:5; 7:5; 9:5; 14:24; 14:26; 14:26; 14:27; 14:27; 19:11; 19:11; 19:12; 19:17; 23:8; 23:9; 23:9; 32:7; 32:8; 40:14; 40:14; 41:28; 45:21; 45:21

Jeremiah

38:15; 38:15; 49:20; 49:30; 50:45

Ezekiel

11:2; 11:2

Micah

4:9; 4:9; 6:5

Nahum

1:11; 1:11

Habakkuk

2:10

H3289

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3289 matches the Hebrew יָעַץ (yāʿaṣ),
which occurs 79 times in 73 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 18:19–Isa 3:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:19 - “Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you: Stand before God for the people, so that you may bring the difficulties to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:14 - “And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city—from Giloh—while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - So Hushai said to Absalom: “The advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:11 - “Therefore I advise that all Israel be fully gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15 - Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have advised.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and told King David, and said to David, “Arise and cross over the water quickly. For thus has Ahithophel advised against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:12 - “Come, please, let me now give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8 - But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 - Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - Then David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:14 - The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the North Gate;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Also Jehonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33 - Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8 - But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:

“Praise the LORD,
For His mercy endures forever.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4 - Therefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - So it was, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Cease! Why should you be killed?” Then the prophet ceased, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:17 - Now Amaziah king of Judah asked advice and sent to Joash[fn] the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2 - For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - Then the whole assembly agreed to keep the feast another seven days, and they kept it another seven days with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - he consulted with his leaders and commanders[fn] to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - and has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. So I was encouraged, as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me; and I gathered leading men of Israel to go up with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - and weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who were present, had offered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 - And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:14 - With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who built ruins for themselves,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:17 - He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:3 - How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
And how have you declared sound advice to many?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7 - I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:8 - I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10 - For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3 - They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:5 - For they have consulted together with one consent;
They form a confederacy against You:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:14 - Where there is no counsel, the people fall;
But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:20 - Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:10 - By pride comes nothing but strife,
But with the well-advised is wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:22 - Without counsel, plans go awry,
But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:6 - For by wise counsel you will wage your own war,
And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - I will restore your judges as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:3 - The captain of fifty and the honorable man,
The counselor and the skillful artisan,
And the expert enchanter.

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