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2 Samuel 16:23
“And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6098 · Hebrew
- Definition
- advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
- Derivation
- from H3289 (יָעַץ);
- KJV renderings
- advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- עֲצַ֣ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 90 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 32:28Judges 20:72 Samuel 15:312 Samuel 15:342 Samuel 16:20
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֵצָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.