Strong's Greek · G1917

ἐπιβουλή

epiboulḗ

laying (lying) in wait

Definition

a plan against someone, i.e. a plot

Derivation

from a presumed compound of G1909 (ἐπί) and G1014 (βούλομαι);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Acts 9:24

but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

Acts 20:19

I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

Acts 23:30

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

Acts 20:3

where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

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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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