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Lexicon :: Strong's G1012 - boulē

Aa
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.
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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 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:30 - But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:51 - (He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:23 - Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:28 - To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38 - And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:27 - For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:12 - And as the harbour was not a good one in which to be for the winter, the greater number of them were for going out to sea, in order, if possible, to put in for the winter at Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, looking to the north-east and south-east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:42 - Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11 - In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
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