Strong's Concordance bouleuó: to take counsel, deliberate Original Word: βουλεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: bouleuó Phonetic Spelling: (bool-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I deliberate, take counsel Definition: I deliberate, take counsel, determine. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1011: βουλεύωβουλεύω: 1. to deliberate, take counsel, resolve, give counsel (Isaiah 23:8; (from Homer down)). 2. to be a councillor or senator, discharge the office of a senator: Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 18; Plato, Gorgias, p. 473{e}; (others). In the N. T. middle, (present βουλεύομαι; imperfect ἐβουλευομην; future βουλεύσομαι, Luke 14:31 L marginal reading T WH; 1 aorist ἐβουλευσαμην): 1. to deliberate with oneself consider: followed by εἰ, Luke 14:31, (Xenophon, mem. 3, 6, 8). 2. to take counsel, resolve: followed by an infinitive, Acts 5:33 (R G T Tr marginal reading); From boule; to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve -- consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose. see GREEK boule Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 10116 Occurrences βουλεύομαι — 2 Occ. βουλεύσεται — 1 Occ. ἐβουλεύοντο — 1 Occ. ἐβουλεύσαντο — 2 Occ. Luke 14:31 V-FIM-3S GRK: καθίσας πρῶτον βουλεύσεται εἰ δυνατός NAS: sit down and consider whether KJV: first, and consulteth whether INT: having sat down first takes counsel whether able John 11:53 V-AIM-3P John 12:10 V-AIM-3P Acts 27:39 V-IIM/P-3P 2 Corinthians 1:17 V-PIM/P-1S 2 Corinthians 1:17 V-PIM/P-1S |