Biblical Greek

greek #1012 - βουλή, ῆς, ἡ boulé (counsel)

Original Word:	βουλή, ῆς, ἡ
Transliteration:	boulé
Definition:	counsel
Part of Speech:	Noun, Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(boo-lay')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

advise, counsel.

From boulomai; volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose -- + advise, counsel, will.

see GREEK boulomai

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 1012: βουλή

βουλή, βουλῆς, ἡ (βούλομαι), from Homer down; often in the Sept. for עֵצָה; counsel, purpose: Luke 23:51 (where distinguished from ἡπρᾶξις); Acts 5:38; Acts 27:12 (see τίθημι, 1 a.), 42; plural 1 Corinthians 4:5; ἡβουλήτοῦΘεοῦ, Acts 13:36; especially of the purpose of God respecting the salvation of men through Christ: Luke 7:30; Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28; (Hebrews 6:17); πᾶσαντήνβουλήντοῦΘεοῦ all the contents of the divine plan, Acts 20:27; ἡβουλήτοῦθελήματοςαὐτοῦ the counsel of his will, Ephesians 1:11.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 1012. βουλή (boulé) — 12 Occurrences

Luke 7:30 - N-AFS
GRK:νομικοὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ
NAS: God's purpose for themselves,
KJV: rejected the counsel of God
INT: lawyers the counsel of God

Luke 23:51 - N-DFS
GRK:συνκατατεθειμένος τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῇ
NAS: (he had not consented to their plan and action),
KJV: not consented to the counsel and deed
INT: having consented to the counsel and the

Acts 2:23 - N-DFS
GRK:τῇ ὡρισμένῃ βουλῇ καὶ προγνώσει
NAS: over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge
KJV: by the determinate counsel and
INT: by the determinate plan and foreknowledge

Acts 4:28 - N-NFS
GRK:καὶ ἡ βουλὴ σου προώρισεν
NAS: Your hand and Your purpose predestined
KJV: thy counsel determined before
INT: and the purpose of you predetermined

Acts 5:38 - N-NFS
GRK:ἀνθρώπων ἡ βουλὴ αὕτη ἢ
NAS: for if this plan or action
KJV: if this counsel or this
INT: men the plan these or

Acts 13:36 - N-DFS
GRK:τοῦ θεοῦ βουλῇ ἐκοιμήθη καὶ
NAS: after he had served the purpose of God
KJV: generation by the will of God,
INT: of God counsel fell asleep and

Acts 20:27 - N-AFS
GRK:πᾶσαν τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ
NAS: to you the whole purpose of God.
KJV: unto you all the counsel of God.
INT: all the counsel of God

Acts 27:12 - N-AFS
GRK:πλείονες ἔθεντο βουλὴν ἀναχθῆναι ἐκεῖθεν
NAS: reached a decision to put out to sea
KJV: the more part advised to depart
INT: majority reached a decision to set sail from there also

Acts 27:42 - N-NFS
GRK:δὲ στρατιωτῶν βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα
NAS: The soldiers' plan was to kill
KJV: And the soldiers' counsel was to
INT: moreover soldiers [the] plan was that

1 Corinthians 4:5 - N-AFP
GRK:φανερώσει τὰς βουλὰς τῶν καρδιῶν
NAS: and disclose the motives of [men's] hearts;
KJV: will make manifest the counsels of the hearts:
INT: will make manifest the motives of the hearts

Ephesians 1:11 - N-AFS
GRK:κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θελήματος
NAS: after the counsel of His will,
KJV: after the counsel of his own
INT: according to the counsel of the will

Hebrews 6:17 - N-GFS
GRK:ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ ἐμεσίτευσεν
NAS: the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed
KJV: of his counsel, confirmed
INT: unchangeableness of the counsel of him he guaranteed

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