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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Counsel
Thompson Chain Reference
• Counsels, Divine
• Counsel
The Topic Concordance
• Counsel
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Counsels and Purposes of God, the
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Hill of Evil Counsel
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Counsels of Perfection
King James Dictionary
• Counsel
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Society of Our Lady of Good Counsel
• Scapular of the Mother of Good Counsel
• Our Lady of Good Counsel
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Counsel
• Counsel, to
Webster Dictionary
• Counselling
• Counselled
• Counseling
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Counsel and Counsellor
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Counsel; Counsellor
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Counsel
• Counsels, Evangelical
• Evangelical Counsels
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• King's Counsel
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Evangelical Counsels
• Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Lexicons
• ܡܰܚܫܰܒ݂ܬ݁ܳܐ
• ܡܳܠܶܟ݂
• ܡܰܠܟ݁ܳܐ
• βουλεύω
• βουλή
• συμβουλεύω
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• דָּבַר דָּבַר, , דָּבַר
• דָּבָר
• יָסַד , יָסַד
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(prop. עֵצָה, etsah', βουλή ). Beside the common signification of this word, as denoting the consultations of men, it is used in Scripture for the decrees of God, the orders of his providence. God frustrates the counsels, the views, the designs of princes; but "the counsels of the Lord stand for ever" (Psalms 33:11; Psalms 107:11; Luke 7:30). (See DECREE (OF GOD),)