1. deliberate, take counsel, plan — To take counsel with oneself or others, to deliberate, resolve, or form a plan of action. Middle voice βουλεύομαι predominates in the NT, emphasizing personal deliberation. Cross-linguistically convergent: Arabic تشاور/قصد (consult/intend), German beschliessen (resolve), Spanish deliberar/planear, Hebrew התיעץ/החליט (take counsel/decide), Korean 모의하다/계획하다 (plot/plan), Hindi योजना बनाना/सोचना (make plans/think), French deliberer. John 11:53 and 12:10 (the chief priests and Pharisees plotted/deliberated to put Jesus and Lazarus to death). 2 Cor 1:17 (when I planned this, did I plan according to the flesh? -- repeated βουλεύομαι emphasizes the act of deliberating). Luke 14:31 (a king going to war will sit down and consider/deliberate whether he is able). Acts 27:39 (they were planning/deliberating to run the ship aground). All occurrences share the core sense of purposeful mental deliberation leading to a decision or plan. 6×
AR["أَقصِدُ","تَشَاوَرُوا","فَكَّرُوا","يَتَشَاوَرُ"]·ben["আমি-পরিকল্পনা-করি,","পরামর্শ-করবে","পরামর্শ-করলেন","পরামর্শ-করিতেছিল"]·DE["beschliessen","βουλεύσεται","ἐβουλεύοντο"]·EN["I-plan","do-I-plan","plotted","they-plotted","they-were-planning","will-consider"]·FR["délibérer"]·heb["הִתְיָעֲצוּ","הֶחְלִיטוּ","יִתְיָעֵץ","מַחְלִיט"]·HI["योजना-बनाई","विचारेगा","सम्मति-की","सोचता-हूं","सोचतेथे"]·ID["aku-rencanakan","bermufakat","mempertimbangkan","merencanakan,"]·IT["bouleusetai","consigliare","ebouleusanto"]·jav["badhé-nimbang","kula-rancang,","ngrembag","piyambakipun-sedaya-ngrembag","rancang,"]·KO["계획하였다","계획한다","모의했다","의논하지"]·PT["deliberará","deliberavam,","delibero"]·RU["замышляю","обдумает","решили"]·ES["Deliberaron","deliberaron","deliberará","planeo","resolvieron"]·SW["hatafikiri","nakusudia,","walikusudia","walishauriana"]·TR["düşünür","düşünüyorlardı","irade ediyorum","karar-verdiler"]·urd["ارادہ-کرتا-ہوں","مشورہ-کرتے-تھے","مشورہ-کرے-گا","مشورہ-کیا"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
βουλ-εύω, Refs 8th c.BC+, aorist ἐβούλευσα Refs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect βούλ- Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect βεβούλευκα Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle and passive, see below: (βουλή):—take counsel, deliberate, in past tenses, determine or resolve after deliberation: __1 absolutely, ὣς βουλεύσαντε Refs 8th c.BC+; βουλευέμεν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι in council or in battle, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔς γε μίαν βουλεύσομεν (i.e.…