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Strong's G4825 σύμβουλος (symboulos)

Symboulos means “counsellor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4825 — merec (“Meres”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4825
Language Greek
Linked Usages 27
Books 12

Strong's G4825 Quick Answer

Strong's G4825 σύμβουλος (sumboulos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sumboulos (soom'-bou-los) n. 1. a consultor, i.e. adviser [from G4862 and G1012] It has 27 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include counsellor. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
sumboulos (soom'-bou-los) n. 1. a consultor, i.e. adviser [from G4862 and G1012]
Usage
27 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
counsellor

Meaning and Definition

sumboulos (soom'-bou-los) n. 1. a consultor, i.e. adviser [from G4862 and G1012] KJV: counsellor Root(s): G4862, G1012

Original Word
σύμβουλος
Transliteration
sumboulos
Derivation
Root: βουλή R1: 4862 R2: 1012
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4825. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

counselor

Usage: σύμβουλος, -ου, ὁ (σύν, βουλή), [in LXX for יָעַץ and cogn. forms ;] a counsellor, adviser: Rom.11:34 (LXX).† (AS)

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How Strong's G4825 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sumboulos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

counsellor Romans 11:34

How Strong's G4825 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4825 (σύμβουλος) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4825 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4825 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Romans 11:34 KJV

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Strong's G4825 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

2 Kingdoms 8:18 Septuagint / Brenton

and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was counselor, and the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David, were princes of the court.

2 Kingdoms 15:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And Absalom sent to Ahithophel the Theconite, the counselor of David, from his city, from Giloh, where he was sacrificing: and there was a strong conspiracy; and the people with Absalom were increasingly numerous.

1 Chronicles 27:32 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jonathan, David’s uncle by the father’s side, was a counselor, a wise man: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.

Strong's G4825 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:55 Septuagint / Brenton

and I weighed them the gold, and the silver, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king, and his council, and the princes, and all Israel, had given.

2 Maccabees 7:25 Septuagint / Brenton

But when the young man would in no case hearken unto him, the king called his mother, and exhorted her that she would counsel the young man to save his life.

4 Maccabees 9:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And we should be disgracing our fathers if we did not obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide.

Usage Excerpts

First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4825.

2 Kingdoms 8:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was counselor, and the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David, were princes of the court.
2 Kingdoms 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Absalom sent to Ahithophel the Theconite, the counselor of David, from his city, from Giloh, where he was sacrificing: and there was a strong conspiracy; and the people with Absalom were increasingly numerous.
1 Chronicles 27:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan, David’s uncle by the father’s side, was a counselor, a wise man: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.
1 Chronicles 27:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ahithophel was the king’s counselor: and Hushai the chief friend of the king.
2 Chronicles 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do evil.
2 Chronicles 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord as the house of Ahab had done: for they were his counselors after the death of his father to his destruction.
2 Chronicles 25:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, Have I made thee king’s counselor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that God is disposed against thee to destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.
Ezra 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
Ezra 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
Ezra 7:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Ezra 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
Isaiah 1:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will establish thy judges as before, and thy counselors as at the beginning: and afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother-city Zion.
Isaiah 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the captain of fifty also, and the honorable counselor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer.
Isaiah 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the princes of Tanis shall be fools: as for the king’s wise counselors, their counsel shall be turned into folly: how will ye say to the king, We are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?
Isaiah 40:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counselor, to instruct him?
Ezekiel 27:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy forces, and thy gain, and that of thy traders, and thy rowers, and thy pilots, and thy counselors, and they that traffic with thee, and all thy warriors that are in thee: and all thy company in the midst of thee shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.
Romans 11:34 New Testament, KJV
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
1 Esdras 8:55 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and I weighed them the gold, and the silver, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king, and his council, and the princes, and all Israel, had given.
2 Maccabees 7:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when the young man would in no case hearken unto him, the king called his mother, and exhorted her that she would counsel the young man to save his life.
4 Maccabees 9:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And we should be disgracing our fathers if we did not obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide.
4 Maccabees 9:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O tyrant, counselor of lawbreaking, do not, hating us as thou dost, pity us more than we pity ourselves.
4 Maccabees 15:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For just as in a council room, beholding in her own soul vehement counselors, nature and parentage and love of her children, and the racking of her children,
Wisdom of Solomon 8:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me, Knowing that she would be a counselor of good things, And a comfort in cares and grief.
Wisdom of Sirach 6:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Be in peace with many: Nevertheless have but one counselor of a thousand.
Wisdom of Sirach 37:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Every counselor extolleth counsel; But there is some that counseleth for himself.
Wisdom of Sirach 37:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Beware of a counselor, And know before what need he hath; For he will counsel for himself; Lest he cast the lot upon thee,
Wisdom of Sirach 42:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He hath garnished the excellent works of his wisdom, And he is from everlasting to everlasting: Unto him may nothing be added, neither can he be diminished, And he hath no need of any counselor.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4825, grouped by book.

2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4825 FAQ

What does symboulos (σύμβουλος) mean?

Symboulos (Strong's G4825) is a Greek word most simply glossed "counsellor". sumboulos (soom'-bou-los) n. 1. a consultor, i.e. adviser [from G4862 and G1012]

How many times is symboulos (σύμβουλος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's G4825 across 12 books.

Where can I study symboulos (σύμβουλος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4825 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate symboulos (σύμβουλος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as counsellor. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4825 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 16 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4825, with linked reader references where each row is available.