bouleuō · plan, resolve

What it means

bouleuō (βουλεύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “plan, resolve”.

Consider, plan, resolve.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Weigh things before acting; resolve to do something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• I plan ×2
• planned ×2
• consider ×1
• they were planning ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• John×2
• Acts×1
• 2 Corinthians×2

• Luke 14:31

  Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

• John 11:53

  So from that day they planned to kill him.

• John 12:10

  So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus also,

• Acts 27:39

  And when day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay having a beach, onto which they were planning, if they could, to run the ship ashore.

• 2 Corinthians 1:17

  So when I intended this, surely I did not act with fickleness? Or what I plan, do I plan it according to the flesh, so that with me there may be “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?

And 1 more times.