Plan
βούλημαStrong’s G1013boulēma
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Boulēma is the Greek word usually translated “purpose” and “desire”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:”
Meaning
Usually translated “purpose” and “desire”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- purpose 2
- desire 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- 1 Peter 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 9:19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
- 1 Peter 4:3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Greek dictionary
βούλημα boulēma · plan
βούλημα, -τος, τό (βούλομαι), [in LXX: Pro.9:10 (דַּעַת), 2Ma.15:5, 4Ma.8:18 * ;] purpose, will: Act.27:43, Rom.9:19, 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: θέλημα. (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.