Strong's Greek · G1011

βουλεύω

bouleúō

consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose

Definition

to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve

Derivation

from G1012 (βουλή);

Appears 7 times in Scripture

Acts 27:39

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.

2 Corinthians 1:17

When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?

John 11:53

So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

John 12:10

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

Luke 14:31

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?

Acts 5:33

When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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