'Consultation' in the Bible

And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,

When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) conferred together against Jesus, [plotting how] to put Him to death [since under Roman rule they had no power to execute anyone];

So after consultation they used the money to buy the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.

So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers,