βουλευτής
bouleutḗs · G1010 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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a member of the Sanhedrin, a member of the council
A councilor as a member of the Sanhedrin (see συνέδριον (synédrion, G4892), sense 2)
ExamplesMark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself also waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
Luke 23:50 And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εὐσχήμωνhonorable, prominent 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἸωσήφJoseph 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- πρεσβύτερος presbýteros · G4245 · older, of ancient times
- While primarily meaning 'elder' in age or status, in Jewish contexts πρεσβύτερος often refers to members of the Sanhedrin or local councils, overlapping functionally with βουλευτής as a designation for council members
Semantic domains 1 entry
- A member of the Sanhedrin, a member of the council11.85
- Used of an official position on the Jewish ruling council, as of Joseph of Arimathea described as a prominent member of the Council in Mark 15:43 and Luke 23:50.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βουλευτου, ὁ, a councillor, senator, (buleuta, Pliny, epistles): first in Homer, Iliad 6,…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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