ἘΠΙΒΟΥΛΗΝ, ἐπιβουλην
EPIBOULĒN, epiboulēn
Sounds Like: eh-pee-boo-LEEHN
Translations: plot, a plot, conspiracy, a conspiracy, ambush, an ambush, treachery, a treachery
From the root: ΕΠΙΒΟΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a deliberate plan or scheme, often with malicious intent, such as a plot, conspiracy, or treachery. It can also refer to an ambush. It is typically used in contexts where someone is devising a harmful plan against another.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1917 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 4:112
- Book 2 — 11:256
- Book 6 — 10:204, 11:220
- Book 9 — 7:158
- Book 10 — 9:166
- Book 11 — 6:207, 6:264
- Book 12 — 10:405
- Book 13 — 1:25, 6:206, 8:245
- Book 14 — 11:268, 11:278, 11:282
- Book 15 — 3:47, 3:62, 3:64, 4:101
- Book 16 — 7:210, 8:256, 10:324, 10:328
- Book 17 — 1:5, 5:112
- Book 18 — 3:75, 4:99
- Book 19 — 1:132
- Book 20 — 3:54
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 14:14, 14:16, 25:6, 25:20, 26:1, 27:7, 28:4, 28:7, 34:17
- Book Two — 17:48, 21:30, 21:32, 21:37
- Book Four — 9:29
- Book Five — 3:32
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 1:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΒΟΥΛΗ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΒΟΥ — plot, a plot, conspiracy, a conspiracy, scheme, a scheme, ambush, an ambush
- ἘΠΙΒΟΥΛΑΣ — of a plot, of a conspiracy, of a design, of a scheme, plots, conspiracies, designs, schemes
- ἘΠΙΒΟΥΛΗΣ — of a plot, of a conspiracy, of a design, of a scheme, of an ambush
- ΕΠΙΒΟΥΛ — plot, conspiracy, ambush, treachery, design, scheme
- ΕΠΙΒΟΥΛΑΙΣ — plots, schemes, conspiracies, ambushes, designs, stratagems
- ΕΠΙΒΟΥΛΗ — plot, conspiracy, ambush, treachery, a plot, a conspiracy
- ΕΠΙΒΟΥΛΗΣ — of plotting, of conspiracy, of treachery, of ambush, of a plot, of a conspiracy, of treachery, of an ambush
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