Hebrew · H5475, G4824 · unreviewed

סוֹד

A session , i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy , consultation , a secret · counsel/council

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סוֹד H5475 a session , i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy , consultation , a secret
Pronunciation sôḏ
Intimate counsel or secret shared within a closed circle of trust; God's hidden purposes revealed to prophets.
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συμβούλιον G4824 counsel/council
Pronunciation symboúlion
A deliberative assembly or formal counsel session, distinct from συνέδριον by Hellenistic rather than Jewish institutional context.
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What does סוֹד (sod) mean in the Bible?

סוֹד · συμβούλιον is a Hebrew word meaning "confidential counsel or deliberation".

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Meaning

confidential counsel or deliberation
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Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

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