What does συμβούλιον (symboúlion) mean in the Bible?
συμβούλιον (symboúlion): A deliberative assembly or formal counsel session, distinct from συνέδριον by Hellenistic rather than Jewish institutional context.
Greek · G4824
συμβούλιον
Counsel/council
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συμβούλιον G4824
Pronunciation symboúlion
What does συμβούλιον (symboúlion) mean in the Bible?
συμβούλιον (symboúlion): A deliberative assembly or formal counsel session, distinct from συνέδριον by Hellenistic rather than Jewish institutional context.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4824?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (5), a plan (1), conspired (1), council (1).
Where does συμβούλιον (symboúlion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), Mark (2), Acts (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 . . . 5× Matthew 12:14, Matthew 22:15, Matthew 27:7, Matthew 28:12
a plan 1× Mark 15:1
conspired 1× Matthew 27:1
council 1× Acts 25:12
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 12:14 συμβούλιον to . . . Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 22:15 συμβούλιον to . . . Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 27:1 συμβούλιον to conspired Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 27:7 συμβούλιον to . . . Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 28:12 συμβούλιόν to . . . Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Mark 3:6 συμβούλιον to . . . Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Mark 15:1 συμβούλιον to a plan Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 25:12 συμβουλίου to council Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 12:14
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 3
Matthew 5 Mark 2 Acts 1
Source forms
συμβούλιον 6x symboulion Matthew 12:14, Matthew 22:15, Matthew 27:1, Matthew 27:7
συμβούλιόν 1x symboulion Matthew 28:12
συμβουλίου 1x symbouliou Acts 25:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 7x Matthew 12:14, Matthew 22:15, Matthew 27:1, Matthew 27:7
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Acts 25:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A deliberative assembly or formal counsel session, distinct from συνέδριον by Hellenistic rather than Jewish institutional context.
Strong's G4824
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 2 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 12:14 Source Gloss
counsel/council
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A deliberative assembly or formal counsel session, distinct from συνέδριον by Hellenistic rather than Jewish institutional context.
(σύμβουλος), [in LXX: 4Ma.17:17 א * ;] a word of the Græco-Roman period (of. Lat. consilium, and see Deiss., BS, 238) = cl. συμβουλία (Arist., Xen.),
1counsel: σ. λαμβάνειν, Mat.12:14 22:15 27:7 28:12; διδόναι, Mrk.3:6 (ποιεῖν, Rec.); ποιεῖν, Mrk.15:1 (ἑτοιμάζειν, WH, mg.).
2By meton., a council (4Mac, l.with א; συνέδριον, AR): Act.25:12 (see MM, xxiv).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:14 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
συμβούλιον sumboulion
a council, advice
Read verse Matthew 22:15 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
συμβούλιον sumboulion
a council, advice
Read verse Matthew 27:1 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
συμβούλιον sumboulion
a council, advice
Read verse Matthew 27:7 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
συμβούλιον sumboulion
a council, advice
Read verse Matthew 28:12 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
συμβούλιόν sumboulion
a council, advice
Read verse Mark 3:6 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
συμβούλιον sumboulion
a council, advice
Read verse Mark 15:1 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
συμβούλιον sumboulion
a council, advice
Read verse Acts 25:12 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
συμβουλίου sumbouliou
a council, advice
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (7) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 25:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:14 · Matt 22:15 · Matt 27:1 · Matt 27:7 · Matt 28:12 · Mark 3:6 · Mark 15:1 7×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Taking counsel together to plot against Jesus, deliberative gathering
Pharisees taking counsel to entrap Jesus in speech, strategic planning
Giving counsel against Jesus, adversarial deliberation and conspiracy
A formal council or body of advisers, metonymy for assembled deliberative group
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
συμβούλιον is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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