1. counsel, purpose, plan — The result or content of deliberation: a resolved plan, purpose, or intention, whether divine or human. Cognate noun of βουλεύω (to deliberate). Cross-linguistically stable: Arabic مشورة/مقاصد (counsel/purposes), German Rat/Ratschluss (counsel/decree), Spanish consejo/voluntad/resolucion, Hebrew עצה (counsel), Korean 뜻/계획 (will/plan), Hindi योजना/इच्छा (plan/desire), French conseil. Predominantly used of God's sovereign plan: Acts 2:23 (delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God), Acts 4:28 (what God's hand and counsel predetermined), Acts 13:36 (David served God's counsel in his own generation), Acts 20:27 (the whole counsel of God), Eph 1:11 (the counsel of His will), Heb 6:17 (the unchangeableness of God's purpose). Also used of human decisions: Luke 7:30 (Pharisees rejected God's counsel for themselves), Luke 23:51 (Joseph had not consented to their plan and action), Acts 27:12,42 (the majority's plan regarding the voyage). 1 Cor 4:5 (the counsels/intentions of the hearts revealed at judgment). All singular, plural, and case forms represent one semantic core of deliberated purpose. 12×
AR["المَشُورَةُ","رَأْيًا","رَأْيٌ","قَرارِ","مَشورَةَ","مَشورَةِ","مَشورَتِهِ","مَشِيئَةِ","مَشِيئَتُكَ","مَقاصِدَ"]·ben["βουλῇ-পরামর্শে","ইচ্ছা","ইচ্ছায়","ইচ্ছার","পরামর্শ","পরিকল্পনা","পরিকল্পনাগুলি","মন্ত্রণায়"]·DE["Rat","Ratschluss"]·EN["a-plan","counsel","intentions","plan","purpose"]·FR["conseil"]·heb["עֲצַת","עֲצוֹת","עֵצָה"]·HI["इच्छा","इरादों","ठहराया-था","नष्ट-हो-जाएगी","पूर्वज्ञान-से","योजन","योजना","योजना-को"]·ID["itu","kehendak","keputusan","rencana","rencana-rencana"]·IT["boule","boulen","boulēn","boulēs","volonta"]·jav["karsa","karsaning","kersa,","pemutusan","pepenginanipun","rancangan"]·KO["경률을","계획-이","계획을","계획이","그-","뜻들을","뜻에","뜻을","뜻의","의결과"]·PT["conselho","decisão","plano","propósito","propósitos","vontade,"]·RU["воле","волю","воля","намерения","решение","решением","решения","совет","совету"]·ES["consejo","propósitos","resolución","voluntad"]·SW["kusudi","kusudi,","mapenzi","mpango","shauri","ya-makusudi"]·TR["amacına","amacını","amacının","iradesini","karar","kararı","niyeti","niyetiyle","niyetleri-","ogunune","plan"]·urd["ارادے","رد-کیا","مرضی","مشورہ","مشورے","منصوبہ","منصوبے-نے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
βουλή, ἡ, Doric dialect βωλά Decrees Byzantine cited in Refs 4th c.BC+, Aeolic dialect βόλλα Refs 2nd c.BC+: accusative plural βουλᾰς Refs 8th c.BC+: (βούλομαι):— will, determination, especially of the gods, Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 counsel, design, βουλὰς βουλεύουσι Refs 8th c.BC+: generally, counsel, advice, opposed to μάχεσθαι, Refs 8th c.BC+; νυκτὶ βουλὴν διδόναι Refs 5th c.BC+; β. ποιεῖσθαι,…