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βουλή

boulḗ · G1012 · Greek · 12 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. plan, intention, purpose

    (Derivative of βούλομαι and βουλεύομαι ‘to purpose, to plan, to intend,’) That which has been purposed and planned

    Examples

    Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

    Luke 23:51 (he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God—

    Acts 2:23 this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

  2. to advise, to recommend

    (An idiom, literally: to put a plan) To suggest a plan of action

    Examples

    Acts 27:12 The harbor was not suitable for wintering, so the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

8 occurrences in 5 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 5 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
עֵצָה ʻêtsâh · H6098 · understanding, insight, sense
βουλή (boulḗ, G1012) βουλή and עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, H6098) עֵצָה are direct cross-linguistic equivalents denoting counsel, advice, or deliberative purpose; the Hebrew term encompasses both the act of giving counsel and the counsel itself, while the Greek term emphasizes the volitional dimension of deliberation and resolved intention, with both converging on the sense of considered advice or purpose in their respective translation contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Plan, intention, purpose30.57
Used of a determined course of action, as of Herod and Pilate carrying out whatever God's hand and purpose had predestined to occur in Acts 4:28.
To advise, to recommend33.296
Used of counsel given or rejected, as of the Pharisees and lawyers who rejected God's purpose for themselves in Luke 7:30.
Word family 12 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βούλομαι boúlomai · G1014 · to desire, to want, to will · 37×βουλήboulḗ · G1012συμβούλιον symboúlion · G4824 · to confer, to consult, to plot · 8×βουλεύω bouleúō · G1011 · to purpose, to plan, to intend · 6×ἐπιβουλή epiboulḗ · G1917 · plot, plan, scheme · 4×συμβουλεύω symbouleúō · G4823 · to advise, to counsel, to confer · 4×βούλημα boúlēma · G1013 · desire, want, will · 3×βουλευτής bouleutḗs · G1010 · a member of the Sanhedrin, a member of the council · 2×Εὔβουλος Eúboulos · G2103 · good-willer; Eubulus, a Christian · 1×παραβουλεύομαι parabouleúomai · G3851 · to risk, to risk one’s life · 1×σύμβουλος sýmboulos · G4825 · adviser · 1×

Also from the root βούλομαι

Ἀριστόβουλος Aristóboulos · G711 · best counselling; Aristoboulus, a Christian · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βουλῆς, ἡ (βούλομαι), from Homer down; often in the Sept. for עֵצָה; counsel, purpose: Lk…
βουλῆς, ἡ (βούλομαι), from Homer down; often in the Sept. for עֵצָה; counsel, purpose: Lk 23:51 (where distinguished from ἡ πρᾶξις); Acts 5:38; Acts 27:12 (see τίθημι, 1 a.), 42; plural 1 Cor 4:5; ἡ βουλή τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 13:36; especially of the purpose of God respecting the salvation of men through Christ: Lk 7:30; Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28; (Heb 6:17); πᾶσαν τήν βουλήν τοῦ Θεοῦ all the contents of the divine plan, Acts 20:27; ἡ βουλή τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ the counsel of his will, Eph 1:11.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
To Intend, To Purpose, To Plan11 occurrencesAdvise1 occurrence

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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