noun · masculine
bouleutos
Greekβουλευτής (bouleutēs)
Strong’sG1010
a member of a city council, of the Sanhedrin
stem bouleut-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βουλευτής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< βουλεύω), [in LXX: Jb 3:14 12:17 (יעץ)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1010 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbool-yoo-tace'
an adviser, i.e. (specially) a councillor or member of the Jewish Sanhedrin
Fromfrom G1011;
King Jamescounsellor.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | bouleutos2×βουλευτής | bouleutois |
| object accusative | bouleuton | bouleutoin |
| direct address vocative | bouleutor | bouleutoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | bouleutou | bouleutoiu |
| to, for dative | bouleuto | bouleutoi |
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
bouleuto 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
bouleutos“member of the council”subjectnominative singular2×
Mark 15:43“member of the council”ercharatos Iōsēf tos apo Harimathaiau euschēmōnos bouleutos, hos kai autos ate prosdecherōtos tan basileian tou theou, tolmaratos eiserchata pros ton Pilaton kai aiteta tem sōmem tou Iēsu.Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
Luke 23:50“member of the council”Kai idou anēros onome Iōsēf bouleutos huparcharōtos, anēros agathos kai dikaiosNow there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,