2001 Translation

ABOULIAN, aboulian

Sounds Like: ah-boo-LEE-ah

Translations: indecision, thoughtlessness, lack of counsel, a lack of counsel

From the root: ἈΒΟΥΛΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a state of indecision, thoughtlessness, or a lack of good counsel or planning. It describes a deficiency in the ability to make sound judgments or to act with foresight. It is often used to describe actions or situations that arise from poor deliberation or a failure to consider consequences.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0009 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 13 — 5:173
• Book 15 — 6:192
• Book 17 — 5:108

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Baruch — 3:28

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΒΟΥΛΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΒΟΥΛΙΑ — lack of counsel, thoughtlessness, imprudence, inconsideration, rashness, folly, a lack of counsel, a thoughtlessness, an imprudence, an inconsideration, a rashness, a folly
• ἈΒΟΥΛΙΑΣ — of thoughtlessness, of inconsiderateness, of rashness, of imprudence, of lack of counsel, of indecision

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