What does ἐπιβουλή (epiboulḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιβουλή (epiboulḗ): A deliberate, concealed scheme or conspiracy formed against someone with hostile intent.
Greek · G1917
ἐπιβουλή
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ἐπιβουλή G1917
Pronunciation epiboulḗ
What does ἐπιβουλή (epiboulḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἐπιβουλή (epiboulḗ): A deliberate, concealed scheme or conspiracy formed against someone with hostile intent.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1917?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a plot (2), plot (1), plots (1).
Where does ἐπιβουλή (epiboulḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 9:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4).
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 plot 2× Acts 20:3, Acts 23:30
plot 1× Acts 9:24
plots 1× Acts 20:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 9:24
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Acts 4
Source forms
ἐπιβουλῆς 2x epiboulēs Acts 20:3, Acts 23:30
ἐπιβουλαῖς 1x epiboulais Acts 20:19
ἐπιβουλὴ 1x epiboulē Acts 9:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Acts 20:3, Acts 23:30
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 20:19
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 9:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A deliberate, concealed scheme or conspiracy formed against someone with hostile intent.
Strong's G1917
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 20:1-6 Source Gloss
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Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 9:24 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἐπιβουλὴ epiboulh
a plot, design against
Read verse Acts 20:3 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐπιβουλῆς epiboulhv
a plot, design against
Read verse Acts 20:19 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ἐπιβουλαῖς epiboulaiv
a plot, design against
Read verse Acts 23:30 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐπιβουλῆς epiboulhv
a plot, design against
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 9:24 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 20:3 · Acts 23:30 2×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 20:19 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
A scheme or conspiracy.
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐπιβουλή is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Reveals ongoing hostility toward gospel proclamation. Acts 20:1-6
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