ἐπιβουλή
epiboulē · plot
Greek word · Strong’s number G1917 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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epiboulē (ἐπιβουλή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “plot”.
A plan against someone.
How to say it
e·pi·bou·lē
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
- A secret scheme to harm someone.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- plot ×3
- plots ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul. And they were even watching the gates day and night so that they might kill him;
- Acts 20:3
And after he had spent three months there, when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
- Acts 20:19
serving the Lord as a slave with all humility and tears and trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;
- Acts 23:30
And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering the accusers also to state their case against him before you.”