The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

βουλή

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	βουλή
Citation form	βουλή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	counsel, deliberate wisdom
Strong’s	G1012
Transliteration	boulḗ
Definition	volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose
KJV glosses	:--+ advise, counsel, will.
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	12

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
βουλὰς	noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — 1 Corinthians 4:5
βουλὴ	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Acts 27:42 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Acts 4:28 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Acts 5:38
βουλῇ	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Luke 23:51 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Acts 13:36 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Acts 2:23
βουλὴν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 7:30 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 20:27 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 27:12 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Ephesians 1:11
βουλῆς	noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 6:17

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----APF-
noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: βουλη.