What does βουλευτής (bouleutḗs) mean in the Bible?
βουλευτής (bouleutḗs): Member of official governing body; in NT specifically denotes Sanhedrin participant with judicial-legislative authority.
Greek · G1010
βουλευτής
Member of a council
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βουλευτής G1010
Pronunciation bouleutḗs
What does βουλευτής (bouleutḗs) mean in the Bible?
βουλευτής (bouleutḗs): Member of official governing body; in NT specifically denotes Sanhedrin participant with judicial-legislative authority.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1010?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a Council member (1), Council member (1).
Where does βουλευτής (bouleutḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 15:43. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a Council member 1× Luke 23:50
Council member 1× Mark 15:43
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 15:43
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Luke 1
Source forms
βουλευτής 1x bouleutēs Mark 15:43
βουλευτὴς 1x bouleutēs Luke 23:50
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Mark 15:43, Luke 23:50
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Member of official governing body; in NT specifically denotes Sanhedrin participant with judicial-legislative authority.
Strong's G1010
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
member of a council
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Member of official governing body; in NT specifically denotes Sanhedrin participant with judicial-legislative authority.
(βουλεύω), [in LXX: Job.3:14 12:17 (יעץ)* ;] a councillor, a senator; of a member of the Sanhedrin: Mrk.15:34, Luk.23:50.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 15:43 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βουλευτής, bouleuthv
a member of a city council, of the Sanhedrin
Read verse Luke 23:50 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βουλευτὴς bouleuthv
a member of a city council, of the Sanhedrin
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:43 · Luke 23:50 2×
Word Origins
βουλευτής is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain