Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G1011 - bouleuō

Choose a new font size and typeface
βουλεύω
Transliteration
bouleuō (Key)
Pronunciation
bool-yoo'-o
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:20 - “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - So Hushai said to Absalom: “The advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and told King David, and said to David, “Arise and cross over the water quickly. For thus has Ahithophel advised against you.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 - Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - Then David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:

“Praise the LORD,
For His mercy endures forever.”[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:17 - Now Amaziah king of Judah asked advice and sent to Joash[fn] the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in battle.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2 - For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - Then the whole assembly agreed to keep the feast another seven days, and they kept it another seven days with gladness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - he consulted with his leaders and commanders[fn] to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, “Each of you is exacting usury from his brother.” So I called a great assembly against them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 - And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 - For I hear the slander of many;
Fear is on every side;
While they take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10 - For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3 - They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:5 - For they have consulted together with one consent;
They form a confederacy against You:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:22 - Without counsel, plans go awry,
But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:5 - ‘Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 - Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, but it will not stand,
For God is with us.”[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying,
“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall stand:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:26 - This is the purpose that is purposed against the whole earth,
And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:27 - For the LORD of hosts has purposed,
And who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
And who will turn it back?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - “Take counsel, execute judgment;
Make your shadow like the night in the middle of the day;
Hide the outcasts,
Do not betray him who escapes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 - Where are they?
Where are your wise men?
Let them tell you now,
And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which He has determined against it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 - Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - The LORD of hosts has purposed it,
To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 - This also comes from the LORD of hosts,
Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:6 - Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 - Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:8 - But a generous man devises generous things,
And by generosity he shall stand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
They have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 - Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - And you forget the LORD your Maker,
Who stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth;
You have feared continually every day
Because of the fury of the oppressor,
When he has prepared to destroy.
And where is the fury of the oppressor?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Edom,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - “Flee, get far away! Dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor!” says the LORD.
“For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you,
And has conceived a plan against you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Babylon,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:2 - And He said to me: “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 - O My people, remember now
What Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From Acacia Grove[fn] to Gilgal,
That you may know the righteousness of the LORD.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:10 - You give shameful counsel to your house,
Cutting off many peoples,
And sin against your soul.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.