ἘΠΙΒΟΥΛΟΣ, ἐπιβουλος
EPIBOULOS, epiboulos
Sounds Like: ep-EE-boo-los
Translations: plotting, treacherous, conspirator, plotter, an enemy, an adversary
From the root: ἘΠΙΒΟΥΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is plotting, treacherous, or deceitful. As an adjective, it can modify a noun to indicate a person or thing that is scheming or hostile. As a noun, it refers to a conspirator or plotter, someone who devises evil against another. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (upon, against) and 'βουλή' (counsel, plan), literally meaning 'one who plans against'.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G1906 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΒΟΥΛΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΒΟΥΛΟΙΣ — (to) plotters, (to) conspirators, (to) treacherous ones, (to) those who plot, (to) those who conspire
- ΤΟΝἘΠΙΒΟΥΛΟΝ — the plotter, the conspirator, the enemy, a plotter, a conspirator, an enemy
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