Greek noun (feminine) · G1012
βουλή
bouleboo-lay'
plan
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: boulḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1012is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1012
volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose
The King James renders it: + advise, counsel, will.
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
boule is rendered "plan". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
Luke 7:30βουλὴν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twelve uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- counsel4
- plan3
- purpose3
- a decision1
- motives1
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 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- βουλὴν4
- βουλῇ3
- βουλὴ2
- βουλὰς1
- βουλή1
- βουλῆς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular4N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular3N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular3N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural1N-APF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Luke
two uses
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
- βουλὴνboulennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: counsel
who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God.
- βουλῇbouleanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: counsel
Acts
seven uses
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
- βουλῇbouleanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: plan
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
- βουλήboulenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: purpose
So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
- βουλὴboulenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: plan
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- βουλῇbouleanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: purpose
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
- βουλὴνboulennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: counsel
Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
- βουλὴνboulennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a decision
The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
- βουλὴboulenoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: plan
1 Corinthians
one use
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
- βουλὰςboulasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: motives
Ephesians
one use
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
- βουλὴνboulennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: counsel
Hebrews
one use
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- βουλῆςboulesnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: 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.