Strong's Lexicon
G1012
G1012 — βουλή
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1012 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βουλή |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1014 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 12 |
| Transliteration: | boule |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bou-lay' |
| Meaning: | 1. volition, the act of willing or resolving 2. (objectively) advice 3. (by implication) purpose |
| KJV Renderings: | + advise, counsel, will |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βουλή, βουλῆς, ἡ (βούλομαι), from Homer down; often in the Sept. for òÅöÈä; counsel, purpose: Luk 23:51 (where distinguished from ἡ πρᾶξις); Act 5:38; Act 27:12 (see τίθημι, 1 a.), 42; plural 1Co 4:5; ἡ βουλή τοῦ Θεοῦ, Act 13:36; especially of the purpose of God respecting the salvation of men through Christ: Luk 7:30; Act 2:23; Act 4:28; (Heb 6:17); πᾶσαν τήν βουλήν τοῦ Θεοῦ all the contents of the divine plan, Act 20:27; ἡ βουλή τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ the counsel of his will, Eph 1:11.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βουλή (+ advise)
Luke 7:30
- KJV: But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves being not baptized of him
- GK: οι δε Φαρισαίοι και οι νομικοί την βουλήν του θεού ηθέτησαν εις εαυτούς μη βαπτισθέντες υπ΄ αυτού
Luke 23:51
- KJV: The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them of Arimathæa a city of the Jews who also himself waited for the kingdom of God
- GK: ούτος ουκ ην συγκατατεθειμένος τη βουλή και τη πράξει αυτών από Αριμαθαίας πόλεως των Ιουδαίων ος και προσεδέχετο και αυτός την βασιλείαν του θεού
Acts 2:23
- KJV: Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God ye have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain
- GK: τούτον τη ωρισμένη βουλή και προγνώσει του θεού έκδοτον λαβόντες διά χειρών ανόμων προσπήξαντες ανείλετε
Acts 4:28
- KJV: For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done
- GK: ποιήσαι όσα η χείρ σου και η βουλή σου προώρισε γενέσθαι
Acts 5:38
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και τα λέγω υμίν απόστητε από των ανθρώπων τούτων και εάσατε αυτούς ότι εάν η εξ ανθρώπων η βουλή αυτη η το έργον τούτο καταλυθήσεται
Acts 13:36
- KJV: For 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
- GK: Δαβίδ μεν γαρ ιδία γενεά υπηρετήσας τη του θεού βουλή εκοιμήθη και προσετέθη προς τους πατέρας αυτού και είδε διαφθοράν
Acts 20:27
- KJV: For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God
- GK: ου γαρ υπεστειλάμην του μη αναγγείλαι υμίν πάσαν την βουλήν του θεού
Acts 27:12
- KJV: And 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 to winter an haven of Crete and lieth toward the south west and north west
- GK: ανευθέτου δε του λιμένος υπάρχοντος προς παραχειμασίαν οι πλείους έθεντο βουλήν αναχθήναι κακείθεν ει δύναιντο καταντήσαντες εις Φοίνικα παραχειμάσαι λιμένα της Κρήτης βλέποντα κατά λίβα και κατά χώρον
Acts 27:42
- KJV: And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners lest any of them should swim out and escape
- GK: των δε στρατιωτών βουλή εγένετο ίνα τους δεσμώτας αποκτείνωσι μη τις εκκολυμβήσας διαφύγη
1 Corinthians 4:5
- KJV: Therefore 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
- GK: ώστε μη προ καιρού τι κρίνετε έως αν έλθη ο κύριος ος και φωτίσει το κρυπτά του σκότους και φανερώσει τας βουλάς των καρδιών και τότε ο έπαινος γενήσεται εκάστω από του θεού
Ephesians 1:11
- KJV: In 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
- GK: εν ω και εκληρώθημεν προορισθέντες κατά πρόθεσιν του τα πάντα ενεργούντος κατά την βουλήν του θελήματος αυτού
Hebrews 6:17
- KJV: Where in God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed by an oath
- GK: εν ω περισσότερον βουλόμενος ο θεός επιδείξαι τοις κληρονόμοις της επαγγελίας το αμετάθετον της βουλής αυτού εμεσίτευσεν όρκω