2001 Translation

BOULĒ, boulē

Sounds Like: BOO-lay

Translations: counsel, a counsel, plan, a plan, purpose, a purpose, will, a will, decision, a decision

From the root: ΒΟΥΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a counsel, a plan, a purpose, or a decision. It denotes the act of deliberating or the result of such deliberation, often implying a firm intention or resolution. It can be used in contexts referring to human plans or, more profoundly, to the divine will or purpose.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1012 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:40

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 10:10, 11:7

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:13, 10:78

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Chronicles — 12:20
• 2 Esdras — 10:3, 10:8
• 1 Maccabees — 4:45, 7:31, 8:4, 9:60, 9:68
• Psalms — 1:1, 1:5, 32:11, 72:24, 88:8, 105:43, 110:1
• Proverbs — 2:11, 2:17, 8:14, 11:14, 15:22, 19:21, 20:5, 21:30
• Job — 10:3, 12:13, 18:7, 22:18, 29:21
• Sirach — 6:2, 19:22, 21:13, 23:1, 24:29, 25:5, 30:21, 37:16, 40:25
• Isaiah — 4:2, 5:19, 7:7, 14:26, 19:11, 32:7, 32:8, 36:5, 46:10
• Jeremiah — 18:18, 30:1
• Zechariah — 6:13
• Luke — 23:51
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:23, 4:28, 5:38, 13:36, 27:42
• Epistle of Barnabas — 10:10, 11:7
• Shepherd of Hermas — 2:4, 3:4

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 3:42, 8:305
• Book 14 — 10:190, 10:213, 10:225, 10:230, 10:235, 10:244, 10:259, 10:261, 12:314, 12:319
• Book 16 — 6:167, 6:169, 6:172
• Book 17 — 9:243
• Book 18 — 4:88, 6:208, 8:275
• Book 19 — 1:158, 3:214, 3:229, 4:242, 6:314
• Book 20 — 1:11

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 11:6, 16:4
• Book Three — 5:38
• Book Four — 9:89
• Book Five — 4:9

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 23:1, 40:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:3
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 17:2, 60:2, 84:2, 100:4, 101:1, 125:3, 126:5, 128:4, 130:3, 133:4, 141:1

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 41:204

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 8:21
• 2 Samuel — 16:23, 17:7, 17:14, 17:23
• 2 Kings — 18:20
• 1 Chronicles — 12:19
• Ezra (Alpha) — 8:16
• Ezra (Beta) — 10:3, 10:8
• 1 Maccabees — 4:45, 7:31, 8:4, 9:60, 9:68
• 2 Maccabees — 14:5
• 3 Maccabees — 3:11
• Psalms — 1:1, 1:5, 32:11, 72:24, 88:8, 105:43, 110:1
• Psalms of Solomon — 8:23, 17:42
• Proverbs — 2:11, 2:16, 8:14, 9:10, 11:14, 15:22, 19:18, 20:5, 21:30
• Job — 10:3, 12:13, 18:7, 22:18, 29:21
• Sirach — 6:2, 19:22, 21:13, 23:1, 24:29, 25:5, 30:21, 37:16
• Isaiah — 4:2, 5:19, 7:7, 14:26, 19:11, 25:7, 28:8, 32:7, 32:8, 36:5, 46:10
• Jeremiah — 18:18, 29:8
• Ezekiel — 7:26
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 4:24
• Hosea — 10:6
• Micah — 4:9
• Zechariah — 6:13

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 28:4, 28:5

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 2:4, 3:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 23:51
• Acts — 2:23, 4:28, 5:38, 13:36, 27:42

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
• ΒΟΥΛΑΣ — counsels, plans, purposes, wills
• ΒΟΥΛΕ — counsel, a counsel, purpose, a purpose, plan, a plan, 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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