ΒΟΥΛΑΣ, βουλας
BOULAS, boulas
Sounds Like: BOO-las
Translations: counsels, plans, purposes, wills
From the root: ΒΟΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a counsel, plan, purpose, or will. It is often used in the context of divine or human intentions and decisions. In the provided examples, it refers to human plans or the will of God.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1012 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 57:4
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 8:16
- Psalms — 12:3, 20:12, 32:10
- Proverbs — 1:25, 11:13
- Job — 5:12
- Wisdom — 6:3
- Isaiah — 55:7
- 1 Corinthians — 4:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 3:38
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 14:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Alpha) — 5:70
- Judith — 8:16
- Psalms — 12:3, 32:10
- Proverbs — 1:25, 11:13
- Job — 5:12
- Wisdom — 6:3
- Isaiah — 55:7
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 28:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 4:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΟΥΛΗ.
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.
- ἈΒΟΥΛΗΤΟΝ — unadvised, unwilling, without counsel, not willed, not desired, not purposed
- ΒΟΥΗΝ — will, purpose, counsel, plan
- ΒΟΥΛΑ — counsels, plans, purposes, decisions
- ΒΟΥΛΑΙ — counsels, plans, purposes, advice, a counsel, a plan, a purpose, an advice
- ΒΟΥΛΑΙΣ — (to) counsels, (to) plans, (to) purposes, (to) advice
- ΒΟΥΛΕ — counsel, a counsel, purpose, a purpose, plan, a plan, will, a will, decision, a decision
- ΒΟΥΛΗ — counsel, a counsel, plan, a plan, purpose, a purpose, will, a will, decision, a decision
- ΒΟΥΛΗΝ — counsel, a counsel, plan, a plan, purpose, a purpose, will, a will
- ΒΟΥΛΗΣ — of counsel, of purpose, of will, of plan, of advice, of deliberation
- ΒΟΥΛΙ — counsel, a counsel, plan, a plan, purpose, a purpose, will, a will, advice, an advice, decision, a decision
- ΒΟΥΛ‾Η‾ — counsel, plan, purpose, a counsel, a plan, a purpose
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