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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4825 - σύμβουλος

Transliteration

sýmboulos

Phonetics

soom'-boo-los

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G4862) and (G1012)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

an adviser, counsellor

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3289 ‑ יָעַץ (yaw‑ats');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Romans 1

NAS (1)

Romans 1

HCS (1)

Romans 1

BSB (1)

Romans 1

ESV (1)

Romans 1

WEB (1)

Romans 1

KJV (1)

counsellor 1

NAS (1)

COUNSELOR 1

HCS (1)

counselor 1

BSB (1)

counselor 1

ESV (1)

counselor 1

WEB (1)

counselor 1

RAH

N-APM 1

N-ASM 3

N-GPM 3

N-NPM 5

N-NSM 6

ANT

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-NMS 1

BMT

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-NSM 1

NA26

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-NSM 1

STV

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σύμβουλ-ος, ὁ,

adviser, counsellor, in public or private affairs, Hdt. 5.24, 7.50, S. Ph. 1321, Th. 3.42, IG 22.832.16 (iii B.C.), PMich.Zen. 57.6 (iii B.C.), Romans 11:34, etc.; ς. πονηρός Antipho 5.71: as fem., X. HG 3.1.13: c. gen. pers., one's adviser, A. Pers. 175 (troch.), Ar. Th. 921, etc.: c. dat., καί μοι γενοῦ ξ. Id. Nu. 1481, cf. X. Smp. 8.39; μωρίᾳ ξ. τοῦ κασιγνήτου E. Hel. 1019, cf. Isoc. 2.43: also c. gen. rei, ς. λόγου τοῦδέ μοι γένεσθε A. Pers. 170 (troch.); τῆς ἀρχῆς.. ξυμβούλοισιν.. ὑμῖν χρήσωμαι Ar. Ec. 518 (anap.); τῶνδε σύμβουλοι πέρι A. Ch. 86, cf. Pl. Prt. 319b; ὑπέρ τινος Isoc. 1.35: ξύμβουλός εἰμι,= συμβουλεύω, advise, c. inf., A. Eu. 712, cf. Pl. Lg. 930e: opp. συκοφάντης, D. 18.189.

II as a title,

1 at Athens, the θεσμοθέται were empowered to appoint σύμβουλοι (perh. in a private capacity), Id. 58.27.

2. at Sparta, a board of advisers sent with the general, Th. 5.63.

3. officers at Thurii, Arist. Pol. 1307b14.

4. = Lat. legatus, Plb. 6.35.4; also used to expl. Lat. con-sul, D.H. 4.76.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σύμβουλος, συμβούλου, ὁ (σύν and βουλή), an adviser, counsellor: Romans 11:34 from Isaiah 40:13. (Tragg. (Herodotus), Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σύμβουλος , -ου , ὁ

(< σύν , βουλή ),

[in LXX for H3289 and cogn. forms;]

a counsellor, adviser: Romans 11:34 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the literal use of this verb = ";build together,"; which is used metaphorically in its only NT occurrence (Ephesians 2:22), cf. P Oxy XIV. 1648.60 (late ii/A.D.) τὰ συνῳκοδομημ (ένα) βαφικὰ ἐργαστήρια, ";dyeing-workshops constructed jointly"; (Edd.), and Syll 431 (= .3 913).16 (before B.C. 330) ἡ νῦν οὖσα (ἀγορὰ) συνωικοδομῆται.

List of Word Forms

σύμβουλοι σύμβουλοί σύμβουλον συμβουλος σύμβουλος συμβούλους συμβούλων sumboulos symboulos sýmboulos