Plan
βουλήStrong’s G1012boulē
Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament
In short
Boulē is the Greek word usually translated “counsel”, “plan” and “purpose”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.
“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “counsel”, “plan” and “purpose”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- counsel 4
- plan 3
- purpose 3
- a decision 1
- motives 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 7
- Luke 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Ephesians 1
- Hebrews 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 23:51(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
- Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
- Acts 4:28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
- Acts 5:38And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
- Acts 13:36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Greek dictionary
βουλή boulē · plan
βουλή, -ῆς, ἡ (βούλομαι), [in LXX frequently for עֵצָה ;] counsel, purpose (in cl., esp. of the gods): Luk.23:51, Act.4:28 5:38 19:1 27:12, 42; pl., 1Co.4:5; of the Divine purpose, Heb.6:17; τ. βουλὴν τ. θελήματος αὐτοῦ, Eph.1:11; β. τ. Θεοῦ, Luk.7:30, Act.2:23 13:36 20:27.† (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.