Strong’s G1012 · Greek

βουλή
boulḗ

Definition

volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose

Etymology

from G1014 (βούλομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

  • + advise
  • counsel
  • will

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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