Lexical Definition

‎סוֹד‎ çôwd (sode) counsel ^H:N-M
from ‎יָסַד‎

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)

See Greek: βουλή · γνώμη · ἐπισκοπή · συναγωγή · συνέδριον · συστροφή · ὑπόστασις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סוֺד‎ noun [masculine] council, counsel; — ‎׳‎‎ס‎ absolute Prov 11:13 +; construct Jer 6:11 +; suffix ‎סוֺדִי‎ Jer 23:22; Job 19:19 ‎סוֺדוֺ‎ Amos 3:7; Prov 3:32 ‎סֹדָם‎ Gen 49:6 —

1. council, in familiar conversation; —
a. divan or circle of familiar friends, ‎בַּחוּרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Jer 6:11, ‎משׂחקים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Jer 15:17 ‎׳‎‎מְתֵי סוֺדִ‎ Job 19:19 men of my intimate circle; ‎ׅ‎‎׳‎‎עמד בסוד (י‎ Jer 23:18; Jer 23:22 in the intimate circle of ‎׳‎‎י‎; ‎בסוד אלוה‎ Job 15:8 in bad sense, ‎מְרֵעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Ps 64:3*.
b. assembly, company, ‎יְשָׁרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Ps 111:1 (|| ‎עֵדָה‎; ‎סוֺד עמי‎ Ezek 13:9 ‎קדשׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Ps 89:8* (of angels); in bad sense, ‎בסוד בא‎ Gen 49:6 (|| ‎קהל‎).

2. counsel, taken by those in familiar conversation:
a. counsel itself, ‎מחשׁבות באין סוד‎ Prov 15:22 thoughts without counsel; of intimate friendship, Ps 55:15* ‎נַמְתִּיק סוֺד‎; in bad sense, of crafty plotting Ps 83:4* ‎יַעֲרִימוּ סוֺד‎
b. secret counsel, which may be revealed (‎גלה‎), Amos 3:7; Prov 11:13; Prov 20:19; Prov 25:9.
c. familiar converse with God, intimacy, ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ליראיו ס‎ Ps 25:14 intimacy with ‎׳‎‎י‎ have those who fear him (|| ‎ברית‎), ‎אתיֿשׁרים סודוֺ‎ Prov 3:22 with the upright is his intimacy; here also Job 29:4 (si vera lectio) Di De and others; Siegf Du compare Buhl^Lex ‎בְּסֹךְ‎ when Eloah sheltered my tent.

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