Council

2 Samuel 17:1

¹ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

2 Samuel 17:2

² And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

2 Samuel 17:3

³ And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

2 Samuel 17:4

⁴ And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:5

⁵ Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

2 Samuel 17:6

⁶ And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

2 Samuel 17:7

⁷ And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

⁸ For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

2 Samuel 17:9

⁹ Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:10

¹⁰ And he also that is valiant, valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

2 Samuel 17:11

¹¹ Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

2 Samuel 17:12

¹² So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

2 Samuel 17:13

¹³ Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

2 Samuel 17:14

¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:15

¹⁵ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

Psalms 68:27

²⁷ There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

Matthew 5:22

²² But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 12:14

¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

Matthew 26:59

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Mark 15:1

¹ And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

Mark 14:55

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

Luke 22:66

⁶⁶ And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

John 11:47

⁴⁷ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

Acts 15:1

¹ And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot cannot be saved.

Acts 15:2

² When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Acts 15:3

³ And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

Acts 15:4

⁴ And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

Acts 15:5

⁵ But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Acts 15:6

⁶ And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

Acts 15:7

⁷ And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

Acts 15:8

⁸ And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

Acts 15:9

⁹ And put no difference between between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Acts 23:1

¹ And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

Acts 23:6

⁶ But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Acts 4:15

¹⁵ But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Acts 5:21

²¹ And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Acts 5:27

²⁷ And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

Acts 5:34

³⁴ Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

Acts 5:41

⁴¹ And they departed departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

Acts 6:12

¹² And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

Acts 6:15

¹⁵ And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Acts 15:10

¹⁰ Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Acts 15:11

¹¹ But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even even as they.

Acts 15:12

¹² Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

Acts 15:13

¹³ And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

Acts 15:14

¹⁴ Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Acts 15:15

¹⁵ And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

Acts 15:16

¹⁶ After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

Acts 15:17

¹⁷ That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

Acts 15:18

¹⁸ Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

Acts 15:19

¹⁹ Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

Acts 15:20

²⁰ But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Acts 15:21

²¹ For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Acts 15:22

²² Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

Acts 15:23

²³ And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

Acts 15:24

²⁴ Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

Acts 15:25

²⁵ It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Acts 15:26

²⁶ Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 15:27

²⁷ We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

Acts 15:28

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

Acts 15:29

²⁹ That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Acts 22:30

³⁰ On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Acts 23:15

¹⁵ Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

Acts 23:20

²⁰ And he said, said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

Acts 23:28

²⁸ And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

Acts 24:20

²⁰ Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

Acts 25:12

¹² Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

Strong's Number G4824

Strong's Number:

G4824

Greek:

συμβούλιον

Transliteration:

sumboulion

Pronunciation:

soom-boo'-lee-on

Part of Speech:

Noun Neuter

Strong's Definition:

neuter of a presumed derivative of G4825; advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e. the provincial assessors or lay-court:--consultation, counsel, council.

IPD Definition:

counsel, which is given, taken, entered upon
1. consult, deliberate
a council
1. an assembly of counsellors or persons in consultation (the governors and procurators of provinces had a board of assessors or advisers with whom they took council before rendering judgment)

Strong's Number G4824 Bible Verses

Strong's Number G4892

Strong's Number:

G4892

Greek:

συνέδριον

Transliteration:

sunedrion

Pronunciation:

soon-ed'-ree-on

Part of Speech:

Noun Neuter

Strong's Definition:

neuter of a presumed derivative of a compound of G4862 and the base of G1476; a joint session, i.e. (specially), the Jewish Sanhedrin; by analogy, a subordinate tribunal:--council.

IPD Definition:

any assembly (esp. of magistrates, judges, ambassadors), whether convened to deliberate or pass judgment
any session or assembly or people deliberating or adjudicating
1. the Sanhedrin, the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of the seventy one members, viz. scribes, elders, prominent members of the high priestly families and the high priest, the president of the assembly. The most important causes were brought before this tribunal, inasmuch as the Roman rulers of Judaea had left to it the power of trying such cases, and also of pronouncing sentence of death, with the limitation that a capital sentence pronounced by the Sanhedrin was not valid unless it was confirmed by the Roman procurator.
2. a smaller tribunal or council which every Jewish town had for the decision of less important cases.

Strong's Number G4892 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H7277

Strong's Number:

H7277

Hebrew:

רִגְמָה

Transliteration:

rigmah

Pronunciation:

rig-maw'

Part of Speech:

Noun Feminine

Strong's Definition:

feminine of the same as H7276; a pile (of stones), i.e. (figuratively) a throng:--council.

IPD Definition:

heap (of stones)
1. of crowd (fig)

Strong's Number H7277 Bible Verses

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