noun · neuter
boulēmem
Strong’sG1013
will, counsel, purpose
stem boulēm-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
βούλημα, -τος, τό
(< βούλομαι), [in LXX: Pr 9:10 (דַּעַת), II Mac 15:5, IV Mac 8:18*;]
SYN.: θέλημα.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1013 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidboo'-lay-mah
a resolve
Fromfrom G1014;
King Jamespurpose, will.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
purpose, Refs 5th c.BC+; intent, τοῦ νομοθέτου Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ β. τῆς κρίσεως intention to judge, Refs
2 meaning, οὐδεὶς σαφῶς παρέδωκε τὸ β. Refs 2nd c.BC+
3 intention of a testator, Refs 2nd c.AD+: hence, will, testament, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II express will, consent, τῆς συγκλήτου Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | boulēmem | boulēmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | boulēmeu1×βουλήματος | boulēmeiu |
| to, for dative | boulēme1×βουλήματι | boulēmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
boulēme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
boulēmeu“plan”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 27:43… diasōzara ton Paulon kōluata autoin teu boulēmeu, keleuata tē toin dunorōntoin kolumbarō aporiptarantoin …… to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim …
boulēme“will”to, fordative singular1×
Romans 9:19… Tinem oun ēti memfotō? te gar boulēme autou tinos antistēatē?… fault? For who can resist His will?”
boulēmem1×
1 Peter 4:3“choose”arketos gar tos parercharēntos chronos tem boulēmem teiu ethneiu katergazorē, poreuorēntoin en aselgeiai, …For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust …