Plot
ἐπιβουλήStrong’s G1917epiboulē
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Epiboulē is the Greek word usually translated “plot”, “plots” and “plot that”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “plot”, “plots” and “plot that”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- plot 1
- a plot 1
- plots 1
- a plot that 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 20:3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
- Acts 20:19Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
- Acts 23:30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
Greek dictionary
ἐπιβουλή epiboulē · plot
ἐπι-βουλή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Est.2:22, I Est.5:73, 2Ma.5:7, al. ;] a plan against, a plot: Act.9:24 20:3, 19 23:30.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plot” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLOT, noun
[a different orthography of plat.]
- A plat or small extent of ground; as a garden plot
- A plantation laid out.
- A plan or scheme. [Qu. the next word.]
- In surveying, a plan or draught of a field, farm or manor surveyed and delineated on paper.
All definitions and other forms of “plot”
PLOT, verb transitive
To make a plan of; to delineate.
PLOT, noun
- Any scheme, stratagem or plan of a complicated nature, or consisting of many parts, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a mischievous one.
- In dramatic writings, the knot or intrigue; the story of a play, comprising a complication of incidents which are at last unfolded by unexpected means.
- Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot
PLOT, verb intransitive
To form a scheme of mischief against another, or against a government or those who administer it. A traitor plots against his king.
- “The wicked plotteth against the just” Psalms 37:12
- To contrive a plan; to scheme.
PLOT, verb transitive
To plan; to devise; to contrive; as, to plot an unprofitable crime.
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.