To plan
βουλεύωStrong’s G1011bouleuō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Bouleuō is the Greek word usually translated “take counsel”, “plotted” and “took counsel”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?”
Meaning
Usually translated “take counsel”, “plotted” and “took counsel”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- will take counsel 1
- they plotted 1
- took counsel 1
- they were determining 1
- i purpose 1
- do i purpose 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 2
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 11:53Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
- John 12:10But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
- Acts 27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
- 2 Corinthians 1:17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
Greek dictionary
βουλεύω bouleuō · to plan
βουλεύω (βουλή), [in LXX chiefly for יעץ ;] to take counsel, deliberate, resolve. In mid., 1. to take counsel with oneself, consider: before εἰ, Luk.14:31. 2. to determine with oneself, resolve: with inf., Act.5:33 27:39; with accusative, 2Co.1:17; before ἵνα, Jhn.11:53 12:10 (cf. παρα-, συμ-). † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plan” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLAN,noun
- A draught or form; properly, the representation of any thing drawn on a plane, as a map or chart, which is a representation of some portion of land or water.
- A scheme devised; a project; the form of something to be done existing in the mind, with the several parts adjusted in idea, expressed in words or committed to writing; as the plan of a constitution of government; the plan of a treaty; the plan of an expedition.
All definitions and other forms of “plan”
PLAN, verb transitive
To form a draught or representation of any intended work.
- To scheme; to devise; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country; to plan a reduction of taxes or of the national debt.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.