HebrewH4156Noun (Feminine)

מוֹעֵצָה

mo.e.tsah

5Occurrences
H4156Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a purpose

from H3289 (יָעַץ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
counsel, plan, principal, device

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

מוֹעֵצָה appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Proverbs
2
Hosea
1
Jeremiah
1
Micah
1

Key Passages

Hosea 11:6BSB

A sword will flash through their cities;it will destroy the bars of their gatesand consume them in their own plans.

Jeremiah 7:24BSB

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Micah 6:16BSB

You have kept the statutes of Omriand all the practices of Ahab’s house;you have followed their counsel.Therefore I will make you a desolation,and your inhabitants an object of contempt;you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

Proverbs 1:31BSB

So they will eat the fruit of their own way,and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 22:20BSB

Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

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