יָעַץ yaats

Hebrew word for “to advise” · Strong’s H3289 · used 79 times in 73 verses

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Meaning

1) to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan;

How it is translated

Glosses given for yaats in context, with how often each is used:

• counselors 11
• counselor 9
• consulted 7
• has planned 6
• has counseled 4
• counseling 4
• took counsel 4
• had counseled 3
• have planned 3
• have counseled 2
• will counsel 2
• have consulted 2

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 12 (5), 2 Samuel 17 (4), 2 Chronicles 10 (3), Isaiah 14 (3), 1 Chronicles 27 (2), 2 Chronicles 22 (2), 2 Chronicles 25 (2), 2 Chronicles 30 (2), Psalms 83 (2), Isaiah 19 (2)

Forms

• יעץ 16
• ויועץ 12
• יועץ 9
• נועצים 5
• איעצך 4
• יועצים 4
• יעצתי 3
• יעצהו 3
• יעצת 2
• נועצו 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yaats more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֵצָה etsah “counsel” 14
• אֲחִיתֹפֶל achitophel “Ahithophel” 6
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 8
• זָקֵן zaqen “old” 6
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 10
• חָשַׁב chashav “to devise” 5
• זֹאת zot “this” 7
• רֹב rov “abundance” 5
• מָה mah “what?” 7
• מַחֲשָׁבָה machashavah “plot” 4
• אֵת et “with” 7
• דָּבָר davar “word” 8

Key verses

The verses using yaats that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Samuel 15:12 — And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong;…
• 1 Kings 12:28 — Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel,…
• 2 Chronicles 25:16 — And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the…
• Psalms 32:8 — I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
• Psalms 62:4 — They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
• Proverbs 13:10 — Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
• Isaiah 1:26 — And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful…
• Isaiah 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The…
• Isaiah 14:24 — The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
• Isaiah 23:9 — The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
• Isaiah 45:21 — Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the…
• Micah 6:5 — O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.