The meaning of “סוֹד”
Understanding çôwd reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
assembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel). - a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation) - by implicatio...
סוֹד
assembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel). - a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation) - by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret 1) council, counsel, assembly 1a) council (of familiar conversation) 1a1) divan, circle (of familiar friends) 1a2) assembly, company 1b) counsel 1b1) counsel (itself) 1b2) secret counsel 1b3) familiar converse, intimacy (with God)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 49:6 | “O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.” Word: סוֹד (çôwd) | |
| Job 19:19 | “All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.” Word: סוֹד (çôwd) | |
| Psalms 83:3 | “They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.” Word: סוֹד (çôwd) | |
| Proverbs 15:22 | “Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.” Word: סוֹד (çôwd) | |
| Jeremiah 23:18 | “For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?” Word: סוֹד (çôwd) |
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