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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:20 - As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people[fn] should be kept alive, as they are today.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - Then Hushai said to Absalom, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, “Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:28 - So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:8 - Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place shall be my camp.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men,[fn] who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and praise him in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,
“Give thanks to the LORD,
for his steadfast love endures forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:17 - Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look one another in the face.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:2 - For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 - And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, ‘There is a king in Judah.’ And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he disdained[fn] to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy[fn] all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 - For I hear the whispering of many—
terror on every side!—
as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They only plan to thrust him down from his high position.
They take pleasure in falsehood.
They bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10 - For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who watch for my life consult together

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3 - They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:5 - For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:22 - Without counsel plans fail,
but with many advisers they succeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:5 - Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - The LORD of hosts has sworn:
“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:26

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

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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?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - “Give counsel;
grant justice;
make your shade like night
at the height of noon;
shelter the outcasts;
do not reveal the fugitive;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the LORD of hosts has purposed against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:8 - Who has purposed this
against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - The LORD of hosts has purposed it,
to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[fn]
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 - This also comes from the LORD of hosts;
he is wonderful in counsel
and excellent in wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:6 - Turn to him from whom people[fn] have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:7 - As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:8 - But he who is noble plans noble things,
and on noble things he stands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - “Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge
who carry about their wooden idols,
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 - calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - and have forgotten the LORD, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
And where is the wrath of the oppressor?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:30 - Flee, wander far away, dwell in the depths,
O inhabitants of Hazor!
declares the LORD.
For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
has made a plan against you
and formed a purpose against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Babylon, and the purposes that he has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of their flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.

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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 who give wicked counsel in this city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 - O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:10 - You have devised shame for your house
by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
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