Strong's Concordance boulé: counsel Original Word: βουλή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: boulé Phonetic Spelling: (boo-lay') Short Definition: counsel, deliberate wisdom Definition: counsel, deliberate wisdom, decree. HELPS Word-studies 1012 boulḗ – properly, a resolved plan, used particularly of the immutable aspect of God's plan – purposefully arranging all physical circumstances, which guarantees every scene of life works to His eternal purpose. This level of God's plan (1012 /boulḗ) demonstrates He is the Lord of history, i.e. always in charge! [1012 (boulḗ) is more than God's immutable plan of physical circumstances. It always also includes the Lord's purpose in them – and hence arranging all the physical scenes of history before creation (Ps 139:16; Jn 1:3).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1012: βουλήβουλή, βουλῆς, ἡ (βούλομαι), from Homer down; often in the Sept. for עֵצָה; counsel, purpose: Luke 23:51 (where distinguished from ἡ πρᾶξις); Acts 5:38; Acts 27:12 (see τίθημι, 1 a.), 42; plural 1 Corinthians 4:5; ἡ βουλή 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 τήν βουλήν τοῦ Θεοῦ all the contents of the divine plan, Acts 20:27; ἡ βουλή τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ the counsel of his will, Ephesians 1:11. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance advise, counsel.From boulomai; volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose -- + advise, counsel, will. see GREEK boulomai Forms and Transliterations βουλαί βουλαίς βουλας βουλάς βουλὰς βουλη βουλή βουλὴ βουλῇ βουλην βουλήν βουλὴν βουλης βουλής βουλῆς boulas boulàs boule boulē boulḕ boulêi boulē̂i boulen boulēn boulḕn boules boulês boulēs boulē̂sLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 101212 Occurrences βουλὰς — 1 Occ. βουλῇ — 6 Occ. βουλὴν — 4 Occ. βουλῆς — 1 Occ. Luke 7:30 N-AFS GRK: νομικοὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ NAS: God's purpose for themselves, KJV: rejected the counsel of God INT: lawyers the counsel of God Luke 23:51 N-DFS Acts 2:23 N-DFS Acts 4:28 N-NFS Acts 5:38 N-NFS Acts 13:36 N-DFS Acts 20:27 N-AFS Acts 27:12 N-AFS Acts 27:42 N-NFS 1 Corinthians 4:5 N-AFP Ephesians 1:11 N-AFS Hebrews 6:17 N-GFS |