Counsel in the Bible: 143 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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counsel KJV

“Counsel” is in the King James Bible 143 times, in 137 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

עצה ‛êtsâh 80 times
יעץ yâ‛ats 23 times
βουλή boulē 9 times
סוד sôd 6 times
συμβούλιον sumboulion 5 times
συμβουλεύω sumbouleuō 4 times
אלהים 'ĕlôhı̂ym 2 times
יסד yâsad 2 times
תּחבּלה תּחבּוּלה tachbûlâh tachbûlâh 2 times
βουλεύω bouleuō 1 time
דּבר dâbâr 1 time
יהוה yehôvâh 1 time
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 5 times

4 more, less often

מלך melak 1 time
עטא ‛êṭâ' 1 time
עץ ‛êts 1 time
שׁאל שׁאל shâ'al shâ'êl 1 time

2 verses in Hosea Show all

Hosea

4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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