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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 123 times in 114 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 49:6–Pro 1:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:2 - and rose up against Moses. With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:28 - They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:30 - Everyone who saw it was saying to one another, “Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt. Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:7 - Now, all you Israelites, speak up and tell me what you have decided to do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - Now David had been told, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘Your Majesty, I will be your servant; I was your father’s servant in the past, but now I will be your servant,’ then you can help me by frustrating Ahithophel’s advice.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:20 - Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given is not good this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had determined to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8 - But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:14 - he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:20 - You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19 - Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8 - But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram[fn] son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8 - Anyone who failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, in accordance with the decision of the officials and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to our own work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants in regard to their times of fasting and lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:12 - He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 - Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:13 - “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:7 - The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:18 - Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21 - “People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:2 - “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:1 - Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:5 - Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2 - How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:4 - May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11 - Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:10 - The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 - But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:5 - Come and see what God has done, his awesome deeds for mankind!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:24 - You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7 - In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13 - But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - because they rebelled against God’s commands and despised the plans of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:1 - [fn]Praise the LORD.[fn] I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,

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2. LOAD PAGE 2 Pro 1:30–Jer 32:19

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Jer 49:7–Zec 6:13

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