Strong G1012βουλή
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- Transliteration
- boulē
- Pronunciation
- boo-lay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1014; volition that is (objectively) advice or (by implication) purpose: - + advise counsel will.
Detailed definition
βουλή, -ῆς, ἡ
(βούλομαι), [in LXX frequently for עֵצָה;]
counsel, purpose (in cl., esp. of the gods): Luk.23:51, Act.4:28 5:38 19:1 27:12, 42; pl., 1Co.4:5; of the Divine purpose, Heb.6:17; τ. βουλὴν τ. θελήματος αὐτοῦ, Eph.1:11; β. τ. Θεοῦ, Luk.7:30, Act.2:23 13:36 20:27.†
(AS)
(βούλομαι), [in LXX frequently for עֵצָה;]
counsel, purpose (in cl., esp. of the gods): Luk.23:51, Act.4:28 5:38 19:1 27:12, 42; pl., 1Co.4:5; of the Divine purpose, Heb.6:17; τ. βουλὴν τ. θελήματος αὐτοῦ, Eph.1:11; β. τ. Θεοῦ, Luk.7:30, Act.2:23 13:36 20:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1012 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- counsel10
- by1
- will1
First verses
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
- Luke 23:51(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
- Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
- Acts 4:28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
- Acts 5:38And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
- Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
- Acts 27:12And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
- Acts 27:42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
- Ephesians 1:11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
- Hebrews 6:17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βουλή, ἡ,
Doric dialect βωλά Decrees Byzantine cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.90)], Aeolic dialect βόλλα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 623.1 (2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288b)]: accusative plural βουλᾰς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 534)]: (βούλομαι):— will, determination, especially of the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.5, etc.)]
2 counsel, design, βουλὰς βουλεύουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.652, etc.)]: generally, counsel, advice, opposed to μάχεσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.258, compare 2.202, etc.; κακὴ β. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 266; πρᾶτος.. καὶ βουλᾷ καὶ χερσὶν ἐς Ἄρεα “IG” 9(1).658 (from Ithaca))]; νυκτὶ βουλὴν διδόναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.12 (but ἐν νυκτὶ β. διδοὺς ἐμαυτῷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 35); ἐν β. ἔχειν τὰ γενόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78)]; β. ποιεῖσθαι, ={βουλεύεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.101, etc.; β. διδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.26; β. προτιθέναι περί τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.192; β. ἄγειν 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 7.39)]; ἐν βουλῇ γενέσθαι πότερον.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.44)]; τούτοις οὐκ ἔστι κοινὴ β. they have no common ground of argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 49d; βουλῆς ὀρθότης ἡ εὐβουλία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1142b16)]: in plural, counsels, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 221, “Th.” 842 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐν βουλαῖς ἄριστος, ἐν βουλαῖσι κράτιστος, [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 854, “IG” 3.716.)]
3 deliberation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1112a19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.46.)]
4 decree, β. εἰσηγεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.61; β. ἄκυρον θεῖναι [prev. author] 2.28.)]
II Council of elders, Senate, βουλὴν ἷζε γερόντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.53, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.127, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 884; especially at Athens, “Council”)] or Senate of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (500 created by Cleisthenes, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 590, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.40, etc.)]; commonly called ἡ β. (or ἡ β. οἱ πεντακόσιοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.20, to distinguish it from ἡ β. ἡ ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ [prev. passage])]; also β. ἀπὸ κυάμου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66))]; in other states, as at Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.149; at Thebes, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.29)]; of the Roman [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Senate”, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.69, etc.)]; of local senates, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (POxy. 58.14 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]; βουλῆς εἶναι to be of the Council, a member of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70 (whence Scholia and 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] made a substantive βουλῆς, ὁ); ἀνὴρ βουλῆς τῆς Ῥωμαίων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.20.8; ἄνδρα ἐκ τῆς βουλῆς [prev. author] 7.11.1.)]
Doric dialect βωλά Decrees Byzantine cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.90)], Aeolic dialect βόλλα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 623.1 (2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288b)]: accusative plural βουλᾰς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 534)]: (βούλομαι):— will, determination, especially of the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.5, etc.)]
2 counsel, design, βουλὰς βουλεύουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.652, etc.)]: generally, counsel, advice, opposed to μάχεσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.258, compare 2.202, etc.; κακὴ β. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 266; πρᾶτος.. καὶ βουλᾷ καὶ χερσὶν ἐς Ἄρεα “IG” 9(1).658 (from Ithaca))]; νυκτὶ βουλὴν διδόναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.12 (but ἐν νυκτὶ β. διδοὺς ἐμαυτῷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 35); ἐν β. ἔχειν τὰ γενόμενα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78)]; β. ποιεῖσθαι, ={βουλεύεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.101, etc.; β. διδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.26; β. προτιθέναι περί τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.192; β. ἄγειν 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 7.39)]; ἐν βουλῇ γενέσθαι πότερον.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.44)]; τούτοις οὐκ ἔστι κοινὴ β. they have no common ground of argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 49d; βουλῆς ὀρθότης ἡ εὐβουλία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1142b16)]: in plural, counsels, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 221, “Th.” 842 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐν βουλαῖς ἄριστος, ἐν βουλαῖσι κράτιστος, [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 854, “IG” 3.716.)]
3 deliberation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1112a19, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.46.)]
4 decree, β. εἰσηγεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.61; β. ἄκυρον θεῖναι [prev. author] 2.28.)]
II Council of elders, Senate, βουλὴν ἷζε γερόντων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.53, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.127, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 884; especially at Athens, “Council”)] or Senate of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (500 created by Cleisthenes, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 590, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.40, etc.)]; commonly called ἡ β. (or ἡ β. οἱ πεντακόσιοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.20, to distinguish it from ἡ β. ἡ ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ [prev. passage])]; also β. ἀπὸ κυάμου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66))]; in other states, as at Argos, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.149; at Thebes, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.29)]; of the Roman [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Senate”, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.69, etc.)]; of local senates, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (POxy. 58.14 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]; βουλῆς εἶναι to be of the Council, a member of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70 (whence Scholia and 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)] made a substantive βουλῆς, ὁ); ἀνὴρ βουλῆς τῆς Ῥωμαίων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.20.8; ἄνδρα ἐκ τῆς βουλῆς [prev. author] 7.11.1.)]