Symboúlion — G4824

Definition

neuter noun

advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e. the provincial assessors or lay-court

1. counsel, which is given, taken, entered upon
2. a council, i. e. an assembly of counsellors or persons in consultation

Usually translated as

counsel, council, consultation

Origin

neuter of a presumed derivative of G4825

• sýmboulos (G4825)

Occurrences

Symboúlion occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (5), Mark (2), Acts (1)

• Matthew 12:14 — Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council (συμβούλιον) against him, how they might destroy him.
• Matthew 22:15 — Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel (συμβούλιον) how they might entangle him in his talk.
• Matthew 27:1 — When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel (συμβούλιον) against Jesus to put him to death:
• Matthew 27:7 — And they took counsel (συμβούλιον), and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
• Matthew 28:12 — And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel (συμβούλιον), they gave large money unto the soldiers,
• Mark 3:6 — And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel (συμβούλιον) with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
• Mark 15:1 — And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation (συμβούλιον) with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
• Acts 25:12 — Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council (συμβουλίου), answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cæsar? unto Cæsar shalt thou go.