What does βούλημα (boúlēma) mean in the Bible?
βούλημα (boúlēma): Deliberate resolve or purposeful decision, distinct from θέλημα which emphasizes God's will or desire.
Greek · G1013
βούλημα
A resolve
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βούλημαG1013
Pronunciationboúlēma
What does βούλημα (boúlēma) mean in the Bible?
βούλημα (boúlēma): Deliberate resolve or purposeful decision, distinct from θέλημα which emphasizes God's will or desire.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1013?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include desires (1), plan (1), will (1).
Where does βούλημα (boúlēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:43. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Acts (1), Romans (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 Itdesires1×1 Peter 4:3
plan1×Acts 27:43
will1×Romans 9:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 27:43
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Acts1Romans11 Peter1
Source forms
βούλημα1xboulēma1 Peter 4:3
βουλήματι1xboulēmatiRomans 9:19
βουλήματος1xboulēmatosActs 27:43
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1x1 Peter 4:3
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular1xRomans 9:19
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular1xActs 27:43
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Deliberate resolve or purposeful decision, distinct from θέλημα which emphasizes God's will or desire.
Strong'sG1013
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a resolve
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 27:43Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
βουλήματος,boulhmatov
will, counsel, purpose
Read verseRomans 9:19Noun Dative Singular Neuter
βουλήματιboulhmati
will, counsel, purpose
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 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · NeuterActs 27:431×
Dative · Singular · NeuterRom 9:191×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter1 Pet 4:31×
Word Origins
βούλημα is built from this root: