Word Summary
epiboulē: a plan against
Original Word: ἐπιβουλήTransliteration: epiboulē
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-boo-lay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a plan against
Meaning: a plan against
Strong's Concordance
lying in wait.
From a presumed compound of epi and boulomai; a plan against someone, i.e. A plot -- laying (lying) in wait.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK boulomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1917: ἐπιβουλήἐπιβουλή,
ἦς,
ἡ,
a plan formed
against one (cf.
ἐπί, D. 7),
a plot:
Acts 9:24;
γίνεται τινα ἐπιβουλή ὑπό τίνος,
Acts 20:3;
εἰς τινα,
Acts 23:30; plural
Acts 20:19. (From (
Herodotus),
Thucydides down.)