Strong G4823συμβουλεύω
to consult
- Transliteration
- sumbouleuō
- Pronunciation
- soom-bool-yoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
1. to advise, counsel , Lat. consulere alicui, with dative pers. et infinitive, to advise one to do a thing, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.
2. without the infinitive, ς. τινί τι (Herdotus Historicus); ς. τι to recommend a measure, (Herdotus Historicus), attic:—;Pass., τὰ συμβουλευόμενα the advice given , (Xenophon Historicus)
3. absolute to advise, give advice , (Sophocles Tragicus); ὁ συμβουλεύων or -εύσας, an adviser , Lat. auctor sententiae, (Aristotle Philosopher)
4. Mid. to consult with a person, i. e. ask his advice , Lat. consulere aliquem, with dative, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: absolute to consult, deliberate , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
2. without the infinitive, ς. τινί τι (Herdotus Historicus); ς. τι to recommend a measure, (Herdotus Historicus), attic:—;Pass., τὰ συμβουλευόμενα the advice given , (Xenophon Historicus)
3. absolute to advise, give advice , (Sophocles Tragicus); ὁ συμβουλεύων or -εύσας, an adviser , Lat. auctor sententiae, (Aristotle Philosopher)
4. Mid. to consult with a person, i. e. ask his advice , Lat. consulere aliquem, with dative, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: absolute to consult, deliberate , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
In the Bible
Strong G4823 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- take2
- consult1
- counsel1
- give1
First verses
- Matthew 26:4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
- John 11:53Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
- John 18:14Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
- Acts 9:23And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
- Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συμβουλ-εύω,
advise, counsel, with dative person et infinitive, advise one to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.53, 59, 2.107, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.65, etc.)]; οὐ συμβουλεύων Ερξῃ στρατεύεσθαι advising him not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46: rarely with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, συμβουλεύω.. συμβῆναι ὑμᾶς I advise that you should.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 337e, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.501.)]
2 without infinitive, σ. τινί τι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, etc.; ὅτι ἂν δύνωνται ἀγαθὸν Ἀθηναίοις “IG” 12.106.19; τοῖς ὀλίγον διαπνεομένοις ἀσιτίαν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.508; τινὶ περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319d, etc.; εὖ σ. τινί 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 38)]; σ. τι recommend a measure, τὰ ἄριστα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.237; χρηστόν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 793; πορείαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.12, etc.: but with _accusative_ _cognate_, σ. συμβουλάς)] give advice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 520d:)] —passive, συμβουλεύεταί τι advice is given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ep.” 330d; τὰ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν συμβουλευόμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.2; τὰ συμβουλευθέντα 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.13; τὰ -βεβουλευμένα)]res de consilii sententia actae, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 7.413.58 (Oropus, 1st c.BC, Senatus consultum))]; of persons, to be advised, ὑπό τινος [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 118.3 (3rd c.AD).)]
3 followed by a relative, σ. περί τινος ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.30; σύμ μοι βούλευσον, ποτέρην ἄγω 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 1.5.)]
4 absolutely, advise, give advice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1370, etc.)]; ὁ συμβουλεύων or -εύσας adviser, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354b31, Legal cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.96)]; τὰ συμβουλεύοντα τῶν ποιημάτων didactic poems, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.42.)]
II middle, consult with a person, i.e. ask his advice, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.107, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 331a, “Thg.” 122a, etc.)]; τι in a matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.68)]; σ. τι μετά τινος debate a matter with another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 475)]: absolutely, consult, deliberate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.7, etc.)] —active and middle opposed, συμβουλευομένου ἂν συμβουλεύσειε τὰ ἄριστα if one asked his advice he would give him the best, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.237; [τοῖς Ἕλλησι] συμβουλευομένοις συνεβούλευσε τάδε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.17.)]
II.2 = active, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 338, _falsa lectio_ in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.34.)]
II.3 agree, make a contract, θύρας λιθίνης ἧς συνεβουλεύσατο κόψαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMich.Zen.” 37.3 (3rd c.BC).)]
advise, counsel, with dative person et infinitive, advise one to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.53, 59, 2.107, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.65, etc.)]; οὐ συμβουλεύων Ερξῃ στρατεύεσθαι advising him not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46: rarely with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, συμβουλεύω.. συμβῆναι ὑμᾶς I advise that you should.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 337e, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.501.)]
2 without infinitive, σ. τινί τι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, etc.; ὅτι ἂν δύνωνται ἀγαθὸν Ἀθηναίοις “IG” 12.106.19; τοῖς ὀλίγον διαπνεομένοις ἀσιτίαν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.508; τινὶ περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319d, etc.; εὖ σ. τινί 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 38)]; σ. τι recommend a measure, τὰ ἄριστα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.237; χρηστόν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 793; πορείαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.12, etc.: but with _accusative_ _cognate_, σ. συμβουλάς)] give advice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 520d:)] —passive, συμβουλεύεταί τι advice is given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ep.” 330d; τὰ παρὰ τῶν θεῶν συμβουλευόμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.2; τὰ συμβουλευθέντα 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.13; τὰ -βεβουλευμένα)]res de consilii sententia actae, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 7.413.58 (Oropus, 1st c.BC, Senatus consultum))]; of persons, to be advised, ὑπό τινος [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 118.3 (3rd c.AD).)]
3 followed by a relative, σ. περί τινος ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.30; σύμ μοι βούλευσον, ποτέρην ἄγω 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 1.5.)]
4 absolutely, advise, give advice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1370, etc.)]; ὁ συμβουλεύων or -εύσας adviser, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354b31, Legal cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.96)]; τὰ συμβουλεύοντα τῶν ποιημάτων didactic poems, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.42.)]
II middle, consult with a person, i.e. ask his advice, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.107, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 331a, “Thg.” 122a, etc.)]; τι in a matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.68)]; σ. τι μετά τινος debate a matter with another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 475)]: absolutely, consult, deliberate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.7, etc.)] —active and middle opposed, συμβουλευομένου ἂν συμβουλεύσειε τὰ ἄριστα if one asked his advice he would give him the best, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.237; [τοῖς Ἕλλησι] συμβουλευομένοις συνεβούλευσε τάδε 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.17.)]
II.2 = active, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 338, _falsa lectio_ in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.34.)]
II.3 agree, make a contract, θύρας λιθίνης ἧς συνεβουλεύσατο κόψαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMich.Zen.” 37.3 (3rd c.BC).)]