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Lexicon :: Strong's G1012 - boulē

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βουλή
Transliteration
boulē (Key)
Pronunciation
boo-lay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:633,108

Strong’s Definitions

βουλή boulḗ, boo-lay'; from G1014; volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose:—+ advise, counsel, will.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G1012 in the following manner: counsel (10x), will (1x), advise (with G5087) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G1012 in the following manner: counsel (10x), will (1x), advise (with G5087) (1x).

  1. counsel, purpose

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βουλή boulḗ, boo-lay'; from G1014; volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose:—+ advise, counsel, will.
STRONGS G1012:
βουλή, -ῆς, ἡ, (βούλομαι), from Homer down; often in the Sept. for עֵצָה; counsel, purpose: Luke 23:51 (where distinguished from ἡ πράξις); Acts 5:38; Acts 27:12 (see τίθημι, 1 a.), Acts 27:42; plural 1 Corinthians 4:5; ἡ βουλὴ τοῦ θεοῦ, 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]; πᾶσαν τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ all the contents of the divine plan, Acts 20:27; ἡ βουλὴ τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ the counsel of his will, Ephesians 1:11.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
7:30; 23:51
Acts
2:23; 4:28; 5:38; 13:36; 20:27; 27:12; 27:42
1 Corinthians
4:5
Ephesians
1:11
Hebrews
6:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1012 matches the Greek βουλή (boulē),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:30 - But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51 - (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), a man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was looking for the kingdom of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:28 - to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38 - 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 be overthrown:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:27 - For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 - And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there; which is a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:42 - And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11 - in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
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