Strong’s H4156 · Hebrew

מוֹעֵצָה
môwʻêtsâh
mo-ay-tsaw'

Definition

a purpose

Etymology

from H3289 (יָעַץ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • counsel
  • device

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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