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Lexicon :: Strong's G1011 - bouleuō

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βουλεύω
Transliteration
bouleuō (Key)
Pronunciation
bool-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

βουλεύω bouleúō, bool-yoo'-o; from G1012; to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve:—consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G1011 in the following manner: consult (2x), be minded (2x), purpose (2x), determine (1x), take counsel (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G1011 in the following manner: consult (2x), be minded (2x), purpose (2x), determine (1x), take counsel (1x).
  1. to deliberate with one's self, consider

  2. to take counsel, resolve

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βουλεύω bouleúō, bool-yoo'-o; from G1012; to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve:—consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose.
STRONGS G1011:
βουλεύω:
1. to deliberate, take counsel, resolve, give counsel (Isaiah 23:8; [from Homer down]).
2. to be a councillor or senator, discharge the office of a senator: Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 18; Plato, Gorgias, p. 473e.; [others].
In the N. T. middle, [present βουλεύομαι; imperfect ἐβουλευόμην; future βουλεύσομαι, Luke 14:31 L marginal reading T WH; 1 aorist ἐβουλευσάμην]:
1. to deliberate with oneself consider: followed by εἰ, Luke 14:31, (Xenophon, mem. 3, 6, 8).
2. to take counsel, resolve: followed by an infinitive, Acts 5:33 [R G T Tr marginal reading]; Acts 15:37 [Rec.]; Acts 27:39; τί, 2 Corinthians 1:17; followed by ἵνα, John 11:53 L T Tr text WH; John 12:10 [cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3].
[Compare: παρα- (-μαι), συμβουλεύω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
23:8
Luke
14:31; 14:31
John
11:53; 12:10
Acts
5:33; 15:37; 27:39
2 Corinthians
1:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1011 matches the Greek βουλεύω (bouleuō),
which occurs 51 times in 50 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:20 - “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to do [fn]what has happened on this day, to keep many people alive.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if one asked of the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - And Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has counseled is not good.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 -

Now it happened after they went away, that they came up out of the well and went and informed King David; and they said to David, “Arise and cross over the water quickly for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 -

Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to respond to this people?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - So the king took counsel, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 -

Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel; and he [fn]counseled with his servants saying, “In such and such a place shall be my camp.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 -

Then David took counsel with the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 -

Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had [fn]stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to respond to this people?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may respond to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - When he had taken counsel with the people, he caused those who sang to Yahweh and those who praised Him to stand in holy attire, as they went out before the army, saying, “Give thanks to Yahweh, for His lovingkindness endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:17 -

Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face each other.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2 - And the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to celebrate the Passover in the second month,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 -

Then the whole assembly took counsel to determine to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with gladness.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - and he took counsel with his commanders and his warriors to stop up the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I consulted within my own heart and contended with the nobles and the officials and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 -

“You have also [fn]set up prophets to call out in Jerusalem concerning [fn]you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ So now it will be heard by the king according to these words. So now, come, let us take counsel together.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he despised in his eyes to send forth his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 -

For I have heard [fn]the bad report of many,

Terror is on every side;

While they took counsel together against me,

They schemed to take my life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 -

Surely they have counseled to thrust him down from his high position;

They find pleasure in falsehood;

They bless with [fn]their mouth,

But inwardly they curse. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10 -

For my enemies have spoken [fn]against me;

And those who watch my [fn]life have counseled together,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3 -

They make shrewd plans against Your people,

And [fn]conspire together against Your [fn]treasured ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:5 -

For they have [fn]conspired together with one heart;

Against You they cut a covenant:

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:22 -

Without consultation, [fn]plans are frustrated,

But with many counselors they [fn]succeed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 -

[fn]The expression of their faces answers against them,

And they declare their sin like Sodom;

They do not even conceal it.

Woe to their soul!

For they have dealt out evil on themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:5 - ‘Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has counseled evil against you, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 -

“Devise counsel, but it will be thwarted;

Speak a word, but it will not stand,

For [fn]God is with us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - Yahweh of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have counseled so it will stand,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:26 - “This is the counsel that is counseled against the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out against all the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:27 - “For Yahweh of hosts has counseled, and who can thwart it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 -

“Bring us counsel, make a decision;

[fn]Cast your shadow like night [fn]at high noon;

Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 -

Well then, where are your wise men?

Please let them tell you,

And let them [fn]understand what Yahweh of hosts

Has counseled against Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - And the land of Judah will become a [fn]terror to Egypt; everyone [fn]to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it because of the counsel of Yahweh of hosts which He is counseling against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 -

Who has counseled this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,

Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 -

Yahweh of hosts has counseled it, to defile the pride of all beauty,

To make contemptuous all the honored of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 -

This also comes from Yahweh of hosts,

Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:6 -

Return to Him against whom [fn]you have deeply rebelled, O sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 -

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;

He counsels wicked schemes

To wreak destruction on the afflicted with lying words,

Even though the needy one speaks justly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:8 -

But the noble man counsels noble plans;

And by noble plans he rises up.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 -

“Gather yourselves and come;

Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations;

They do not know,

Who carry about their graven image of wood

And pray to a god who cannot save.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 -

Declaring the end from the beginning,

And from ancient times things which have not been done,

Saying, ‘My counsel will be established,

And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 -

Calling a bird of prey from the east,

The man of [fn]My counsel from a far country.

Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.

I have formed it, surely I will do it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 -

That you have forgotten Yahweh your Maker,

Who stretched out the heavens

And laid the foundations of the earth,

That you tremble in dread continually all day long because of the wrath of the one who brings distress,

As he makes ready to bring ruin?

But where is the wrath of the one who brings distress?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 -

Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh which He has counseled against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 -

“Run away, flee earnestly! Inhabit the depths,

O inhabitants of Hazor,” declares Yahweh;

“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you

And purposed a purpose against you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh which He has counseled against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their [fn]pasture desolate because of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:2 - He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and give evil counsel in this city,
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 -

“My people, remember now

What Balak king of Moab counseled

And what Balaam son of Beor answered him,

And from Shittim to Gilgal,

So [fn]that you might know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:10 -

“You have counseled a shameful thing for your house

By cutting off many peoples;

So you are sinning against your own soul.

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