βουλή

Alternative forms

• βόλλα (bólla) – Aeolic
• βωλά (bōlá) – Doric, Arcadocypriot, Boeotian

Etymology

From βούλομαι (boúlomai, “I wish, will”) +‎ -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

βουλή • (boulḗ) f (genitive βουλῆς); first declension

1. will, determination, decision
2. plan, project, intention
3. counsel, advice
4. council, senate

References

• βουλή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βουλή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βουλή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βουλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• βουλή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βουλή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
• G1012 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • advice idem, page 15.
  • council idem, page 176.
  • counsel idem, page 176.
  • decision idem, page 201.
  • design idem, page 215.
  • determination idem, page 219.
  • parliament idem, page 593.
  • plan idem, page 617.
  • precept idem, page 634.
  • proposal idem, page 653.
  • resolve idem, page 702.
  • scheme idem, page 739.
  • senate idem, page 751.
  • suggestion idem, page 836.
  • warning idem, page 964.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ).

Noun

βουλή • (voulí) f (plural βουλές)

1. parliament
2. Congress