Quick Definition
a council, advice
Strong's Definition
advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e. the provincial assessors or lay-court
Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of G4825 (σύμβουλος);
KJV Usage: consultation, counsel, council
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συμβούλιον, συμβουλίου, τό (σύμβουλος);
1. counsel, which is given, taken, entered upon (PIut. Romul. 14): λαμβάνω (on this phrase see λαμβάνω, I. 6), Mat_12:14; Mat_22:15; Mat_27:1; Mat_27:7; Mat_28:12; ποιῶ, to consult, deliberate, Mar_3:6 (Tr text WH text συμβούλιον ἐδίδουν); Mar_15:1 (T WH marginal reading συμβούλιον ἑτοιμασαντες; cf. Weiss ad loc.).
2. a council, i. e. an assembly of counsellors or persons in consultation (Plutarch, Luc. 26): Act_25:12 (the governors and procurator's of provinces had a board of assessors or advisers with whom they took counsel before rendering judgment; see Cicero, ad fam. 8, 8; Verr. 2, 13; Sueton. vit. Tiber. 33; Lampridius, vit. Alex. Sever c. 46; cf. Josephus, b. j. 2, 16, 1).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συμβούλιον symboulion 8x
counsel, consultation, mutual consultation, Mat_12:14 ; Mat_22:15 ; Mat_27:1 ; Mat_27:7 ; Mat_28:12 ; Mar_3:6 ; Act_27:1 ; Act_27:7 ; Act_28:12 ; a council of counsellors, Act_25:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† συμβούλιον , -ου , τό
( < σύμβουλος ),
[in LXX : 4Ma_17:17 ΰ * ;]
a word of the Grζco-Roman period (of. Lat. consilium , and v. Deiss., BS , 238) = cl . συμβουλία ( Arist ., Xen .),
1. counsel: σ . λαμβάνειν , Mat_12:14 ; Mat_22:15 ; Mat_27:7 ; Mat_28:12 ; διδόναι , Mar_3:6 (ποιεῖν , Rec. ); ποιεῖν , Mar_15:1 (ἑτοιμάζειν , WH , mg .).
2. By meton ., a council (4Mac, l.c . ΰ ; συνέδριον , AR ): Act_25:12 ( v . MM , xxiv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συμβούλιον [page 597]
This rare word = council, as in Act_25:12 , is well illustrated by P Tebt II. 286 .15 (A.D. 121 138) where the presiding judge is described as ἀνασ [τὰ ]ς εἰς [σ ]υμ [βούλιον κ [αὶ σκεψάμ [ενος . . . (as restored by Wilcken Archiv v. p. 232) : cf. also Act_26:30 . Other instances of the word are BGU I. 288 .14 (A.D. 138 161) κ [α ]θημέν̣ω̣ν̣ ἐν συμβουλίῳ ἐν τῷ πραι [τωρίῳ , II. 511 i. 15 (written c. A.D. 200) ἐ ]ν συμβουλείῳ . . . . ἐκάθισεν , and P Ryl II. 75 .29 (judicial proceedings late ii/A.D.) ἐν τῷ συμβουλίω̣ ε̣ἶ̣π̣ε̣ν̣.
Similarly we may cite Syll 316 (= .3 684) .11 (ii/B.C.) μετὰ τοῦ πα [ρ ]όν [το ]ς (σ )υνβουλίου , ib. 328 (= .3 741) .8 (after B.C. 88) ἐπὶ τοῦ συνβουλίο [υ , = coram consilio , and ib. 334 (= .3 747) .7, .29 al. (B.C. 73).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
συμβούλιον συμ-βούλιον, ου, τό, [Etym: βουλή] "counsel", NTest. "a council", Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
συμβούλιον, -ου, τό
(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.),
__1. counsel: σ. λαμβάνειν, Mat.12:14 22:15 27:7 28:12; διδόναι, Mrk.3:6 (ποιεῖν, Rec.); ποιεῖν, Mrk.15:1 (ἑτοιμάζειν, WH, mg.).
__2. By meton., a council (4Mac, l.with א; συνέδριον, AR): Act.25:12 (see MM, xxiv).†
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