symboulion · counsel, plot

What it means

symboulion (συμβούλιον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “counsel, plot”.

Counsel, a plan. To "take counsel" is to agree together on what to do.

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. Agreeing together to act.
2. A ruler's counselors.

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

How it is translated

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

• counsel ×5
• council ×2
• advisers ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×2
• Acts×1

• Matthew 12:14

  But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

• Matthew 22:15

  Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might trap him in his words.

• Matthew 27:1

  When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so as to put him to death.

• Matthew 27:7

  And after taking counsel, they bought with them the Potter’s Field as a burial place for the foreigners.

• Matthew 28:12

  And when they had gathered with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

• Mark 3:6

  And the Pharisees went out and at once held a council with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

• Mark 15:1

  And at once, early in the morning, the high priests, having held a council with the elders and scribes and the whole council, bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

• Acts 25:12

  Then Festus, after conferring with his advisers, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you will go.”