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βουλή G1012

G1012 is the Greek word βουλή, transliterated boulḗ. The King James Version most often renders it counsel.

Word: βουλήTransliteration: boulḗLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose.

Where it comes from

from G1014 (βούλομαι).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 12 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

counsel 9×will 1×advised 1×counsels 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: + advise, counsel, will.

Verses using βουλή

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Luke 7:30 · KJV

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

Luke 23:51 · KJV

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

Acts 2:23 · KJV

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Acts 4:28 · KJV

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Acts 5:38 · KJV

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

Acts 13:36 · KJV

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

Acts 20:27 · KJV

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

Acts 27:12 · KJV

And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

Acts 27:42 · KJV

And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

1 Corinthians 4:5 · KJV

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Ephesians 1:11 · KJV

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Hebrews 6:17 · KJV

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

Common questions

What does Strong's G1012 mean?

G1012 is the Greek word βουλή (boulḗ), meaning volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose.

How is G1012 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it counsel (9 times), will (1 time), advised (1 time), counsels (1 time).

How many times does G1012 appear in the Bible?

βουλή (boulḗ) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G1012 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from G1014 (βούλομαι).

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