STRONGS NUMBER G1917


Word Summary
epiboulē: a plan against
Original Word: ἐπιβουλή
Transliteration: 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: ἐπιβουλή

ἐπιβουλή, ἦς, , 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.)