In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prophetic name or title which occurs in isaiah 9”. Today it says “sometimes interpreted as "wonderful in counsel is god the mighty”.
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Prophetic name or title which occurs in Isaiah 9:6 in the Hebrew Bible Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom is a prophetic name or title which occurs in Isaiah 9:5 in the Hebrew Bible or Isaiah 9:6 in English Bibles. It is one of a series of prophetic names found in chapters 7 , 8 and 9 of the Book of Isaiah , including most notably Immanuel and Maher-shalal-hash-baz in the previous chapter ( Isaiah 8:1–3 ), which is a reference to the impending plunder of Samaria and Damascus by the king of Assyria . The meaning of Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom is sometimes interpreted as "Wonderful in counsel is God the mighty, the Everlasting Father, the Ruler of Peace" (Hertz 1968). There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The name Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom ( Hebrew : פֶּלֶא יֹועֵץ אֵל גִּבֹּור אֲבִיעַד שַׂר־שָׁלֹֽום) is a prophetic name or title which occurs in Isaiah 9:6 in the Hebrew Bible. It is one of a series of prophetic names found in Isaiah ch.7-9, including most notably Emmanuel "God with us", and Maher-shalal-hash-baz ( Hebrew : מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז) - "He has made haste to the plunder!" - in the previous chapter ( Isaiah 8:1–3 ), which is a reference to the impending plunder of Samaria and Damascus by the king of Assyria . The meaning of Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom is variously interpreted as "Wonderful in counsel is God the mighty, the Everlasting Father, the Ruler of Peace" (Hertz 1968), or "his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (KJV).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
" Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom " ( Pele-yō‘êṣ-'êl-gibbōr-'ăḇî‘aḏ-śar-šālōm ) is a prophetic name or title which occurs in Isaiah 9:6 in the Hebrew Bible .It is one of a series of prophetic names found in chapters 7 , 8 and 9 of the Book of Isaiah , including most notably Immanuel "God with us", and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Hebrew: ) - "He has made haste to the plunder!" - in the previous chapter ( Isaiah 8:1–3 ), which is a reference to the impending plunder of Samaria and Damascus by the king of Assyria . The meaning of Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom is sometimes interpreted as "Wonderful in counsel is God the mighty, the Everlasting Father, the Ruler of Peace" (Hertz 1968).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Prophetic name or title which occurs in Isaiah 9:6 in the Hebrew Bible " Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom " ( Peleʾ yōʿēṣ ʾēl gībbōr ʾáḇīʿaḏ śar-šālōm ) is a prophetic name or title which occurs in Isaiah 9:5 in the Hebrew Bible or Isaiah 9:6 in English Bibles. It is one of a series of prophetic names found in chapters 7 , 8 and 9 of the Book of Isaiah , including most notably Immanuel "God with us", and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Hebrew: מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז ) - "He has made haste to the plunder!" - in the previous chapter ( Isaiah 8:1–3 ), which is a reference to the impending plunder of Samaria and Damascus by the king of Assyria . The meaning of Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom is sometimes interpreted as "Wonderful in counsel is God the mighty, the Everlasting Father, the Ruler of Peace" (Hertz 1968).
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prophetic name or title which occurs in isaiah 9
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sometimes interpreted as "wonderful in counsel is god the mighty
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