Greek verb · G1011
βουλεύω
bouleuobool-yoo'-o
to take counsel with oneself, consider; to determine with oneself, resolve
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bouleúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1011is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1011
to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve
The King James renders it: consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
bouleuo is rendered "to take counsel with oneself, consider; to determine with oneself, resolve". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to take counsel with oneself, consider".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:31βουλεύσεται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in John.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to take counsel with oneself, consider, and to determine with oneself, resolve.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to take counsel with oneself, considerbefore εἰ, Luk.14:31. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether… |
| to determine with oneself, resolvewith inf. | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 11:53So from that day on they plotted to kill Him. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βουλεύομαι2
- ἐβουλεύσαντο2
- βουλεύσεται1
- ἐβουλεύοντο1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-ADI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular2V-PNI-1S
- verb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FDI-3S
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
Luke
one use
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- βουλεύσεταιbouleusetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will take counsel
John
two uses
So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
- ἐβουλεύσαντοebouleusantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they plotted
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
- ἐβουλεύσαντοebouleusantoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Took counsel
Acts
one use
When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
- ἐβουλεύοντοebouleuontoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were determining
2 Corinthians
two uses
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
- βουλεύομαιbouleuomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I purpose
- βουλεύομαιbouleuomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: do I purpose
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.