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Consult (27 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or
instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. ...
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Wizards (10 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 8:19 When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and
with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn'ta people consult with ...
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Mutter (6 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 8:19 When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and
with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn'ta people consult with ...
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Chirp (3 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 8:19 When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and
with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn'ta people consult with ...
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Shouldn't (20 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 8:19 When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and
with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with ...
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Familiar (35 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 8:19 When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and
with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn'ta people consult with ...
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Confer (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To contribute; to conduce. 4. (vi) To have discourse; to consult; to compare
views; to deliberate. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONFER; CONFERENCE. ...
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Ahikam (20 Occurrences)
... Brother of support = helper, one of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess
Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law (2 Kings ...
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Advise (10 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To consider; to deliberate. 4. (vt) To take counsel; to consult; -- followed
by with; as, to advise with friends. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Ahaziah (34 Occurrences)
... His messengers, sent to consult the god of Ekron regarding his recovery from the
effects of a fall from the roof-gallery of his palace, were met on the way by ...
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Bible Concordance

Consult (27 Occurrences)

Luke 14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
(Root in KJV WBS YLT)

Acts 15:2 Between these new comers and Paul and Barnabas there was no little disagreement and controversy, until at last it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some other brethren should go up to consult the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem on this matter.
(WEY)

Galatians 1:16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,
(See NAS NIV)

Genesis 24:57 They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her."
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 17:9 and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 28:8 Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, "Please divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whoever I shall name to you."
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 28:16 Samuel said, "Why then do you ask of me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness."
(See NIV)

2 Kings 1:3 But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them,'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
(See NIV)

2 Kings 1:6 They said to him, "A man came up to meet us, and said to us,'Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, "Thus says Yahweh,'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"'"
(See NIV)

2 Kings 1:16 He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh,'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."
(See NIV)

2 Kings 8:8 The king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying,'Will I recover from this sickness?'"
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 17:3 Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 25:15 Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?
(See NIV)

Ezra 2:63 The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
(See RSV)

Esther 1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 71:10 For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,
(DBY NAS RSV)

Psalms 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Proverbs 15:12 The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 8:19 When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 31:1 Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;
(See RSV)

Isaiah 40:14 With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know?
(Root in YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 45:21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 4:12 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

2. (v. t.) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.

3. (v. t.) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

4. (v. t.) To deliberate upon; to take for.

5. (v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

6. (n.) The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consultation; determination; decision.

7. (n.) A council; a meeting for consultation.

8. (n.) Agreement; concert

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CONSULT

kon-sult' (sha'al, malakh, ya`ats (Aramaic) ye`aT; sumbouleuomai):

(1) "To ask," "inquire," "seek advice." Ezekiel speaks of the king of Babylonian consulting the teraphim (Ezekiel 21:21) and the Israelites were admonished to have noting to do with "a consulter with a familiar spirit" (Deuteronomy 18:11).

See ASTROLOGY; COMMUNION WITH DEMONS; DIVINATION.

(2) "To take counsel," "devise," "plan." The various officials of Babylon "consulted together to establish a royal statute" (Daniel 6:7; compare Matthew 26:4).

(3) "To deliberate with one's self," "make up one's mind." Nehemiah consulted with himself as to what might be done for Jerusalem (Nehemiah 5:7). Jesus spoke of a king "consulting" (the King James Version) whether he be able to wage a war (Luke 14:31; the Revised Version (British and American) "take counsel").

A. W. Fortune

Greek

4323. prosanatithemi -- to lay on besides, hence to undertake ...
... besides (mid.). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prosanatithemi Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-an-at-ith'-ay-mee) Short Definition: I consult with Definition: I ...
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4823. sumbouleuo -- to take counsel together, advise
... sumbouleuo Phonetic Spelling: (soom-bool-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I give advice
Definition: I give advice, exhort; mid: I take counsel together, consult. ...
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4820. sumballo -- to throw together, hence to discuss, consider ...
... properly: I throw together, hence: I ponder, come up with, encounter, with or without
hostile intent; I dispute with; mid: I confer, consult with, contribute. ...
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1011. bouleuo -- to take counsel, deliberate
... resolved (1). consult, take counsel, determine, purpose. From boule; to advise,
ie (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve ...
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1793. entugchano -- to chance upon, by impl. confer with, by ext. ...
... intensifies 5177 , "to obtain by hitting the mark") -- properly, "light upon (meet
with), obtain" (); "to go and meet a person to converse, consult," ie to ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3289. yaats -- to advise, counsel
... root Definition to advise, counsel NASB Word Usage advise (1), advisers (1), conspire
(1), conspired (1), consult (2), consulted (8), counsel (4), counsel do ...
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7592. shaal -- to ask, inquire
... NASB Word Usage ask (45), asked (41), asking (5), asks (5), beg (1), begged (1),
begs (1), borrow (1), borrowed (1), borrows (1), consult (2), consulting (1 ...
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3272. y'at, -- counselor
... counselor, consult together (Aramaic) corresponding to ya'ats; to counsel; reflexively,
to consult -- counsellor, consult together. see HEBREW ya'ats. ...
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4427. malak -- to be or become king or queen, to reign
... 4426, 4427. malak. 4427a . to be or become king or queen, to reign.
Transliteration: malak Phonetic Spelling: (maw-lak') Short Definition: consult. ...
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1875. darash -- to resort to, seek
... root Definition to resort to, seek NASB Word Usage ask (1), avenge (1), calls (1),
care (1), cares (3), comes the reckoning (1), consult (2), consulted by them ...
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5779. uts -- to counsel, plan
... take advice counsel together. A primitive root; to consult -- take advice ((counsel)
together). 5778, 5779. uts. 5780 . Strong's Numbers.
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3245. yasad -- to establish, found, fix
... A primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found;
reflexively, to sit down together, ie Settle, consult -- appoint, take counsel ...
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Library

He, Being Sick in Body, and Having Sent Some of his Servants to ...
... The Sacred History Of Sulpitius Severus. Book I. Chapter XLV. He, being sick
in body, and having sent some of his servants to consult an� ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xlv he being sick.htm

What virtues Ought to Exist in Him whom we Consult. ...
... Book II. Chapter XVII. What virtues ought to exist in him whom we consult.�
What virtues ought to exist in him whom we consult. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xvii what virtues ought.htm

As Ambrose was Occupied with Business and Study, Augustin could ...
... Book VI. Chapter III."As Ambrose Was Occupied with Business and Study, Augustin
Could Seldom Consult Him Concerning the Holy Scriptures. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter iii as ambrose was occupied.htm

Introductory Notice to Dionysius, Bishop of Rome.
... [2336] For a complete view of the whole matter, and for the originals of both these
great prelates, the student will not fail to consult Routh. ...
/.../dionysius/against the sabellians/introductory notice to dionysius bishop.htm

God Everywhere Answers those who Take Counsel of Him.
... Everywhere, O Truth, dost Thou direct all who consult Thee, and dost at
once answer all, though they consult Thee on divers things. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xxvi god everywhere answers those.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xix. 21,"Go, Sell that Thou Hast ...
... If thou shouldest be in want, no one will give to thee. Live not for the time present
only; consult for the future." On the other hand is luxuriousness. ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxxvi on the words.htm

The Oracles.
... When she gave her answers to those who came to consult the oracle, she sat upon
a sort of three-legged stool, which was called the sacred tripod. ...
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The Saybrook Platform
... to be frequent friendly consultations between their "Officers." There are to be
"Occasional Meetings of Ministers" of several churches to consult and advise ...
/.../chapter vi the saybrook platform.htm

The Progress of Prelacy.
... Whilst this functionary was nominated by the presbyters, he might be also set aside
by them, so that he felt it necessary to consult their wishes and to use ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/chapter x the progress of.htm

Epistle xvii. To Felix, Bishop of Messana.
... For, following the examples of thy predecessors, thou hast thought it right to consult
the Apostolic See, in which thou hast been brought up and educated, on ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xvii to felix bishop.htm

Subtopics

Consult

Related Terms

Wizards (10 Occurrences)

Mutter (6 Occurrences)

Chirp (3 Occurrences)

Shouldn't (20 Occurrences)

Familiar (35 Occurrences)

Confer (6 Occurrences)

Ahikam (20 Occurrences)

Advise (10 Occurrences)

Ahaziah (34 Occurrences)