19 occurrences in 12 translations

'Council' in the Bible

Simeon and Levi [are] brothers; weapons of violence [are] their swords. Let me not come into their council.

Verse ConceptsWeapons

May I never enter their council;may I never join their assembly.For in their anger they kill men,and on a whim they hamstring oxen.

Verse ConceptsIrritationParticipation, In SinAnger Of Man, CauseSelf WillEvil AssociationsObstinate IndividualsReady To KillSports

and they rose up against Moses, with two hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel, princes of the assembly, summoned to the council, men of renown;

Verse ConceptsTwo Hundred And SomeRosesrebellion

And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, 'And who among all thy servants is as David -- faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house?

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsLoyaltySons In Law

He was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.

Verse ConceptsGuardsThirtyPraising Specific People

From the city he took one court official who [was] chief officer over the men of war, five men {from the king's council} who were found in the city, the secretary of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men from the people of the land being found in the city.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionScribesSecretaryFive PeopleSixties

Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.

Verse ConceptsGuardsThirty

You have authority to act for the king and for his Council of Seven to conduct an inquiry concerning Judah and Jerusalem in accordance with the Law of your God, which is in your possession.

Verse ConceptsSeven PeopleVolunteering

Do you listen in on the council of God,or have a monopoly on wisdom?

Verse ConceptsFalse WisdomListening To God

“When I went out to the gate of the city,When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,

Verse ConceptsCity SquaresSitting In The Gateway

If I have lifted my hand against the orphan,Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfLifting Hands

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

Verse ConceptsPrincesMinoritiesThe Youngest Child

For who has stood in the council of the Lordto see and hear His word?Who has paid attention to His word and obeyed?

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodPaying Attention To God

If they had really stood in My council,they would have enabled My people to hear My wordsand would have turned them back from their evil waysand their evil deeds.

Verse ConceptsSpeaking The Word God Gives

My hand will oppose the prophets who see false visions and speak deceptive divinations. They won't be included with the council of my people, nor will they be entered into the registry of Israel's house or enter Israel's land. Then you'll know that I am the Lord GOD,

Verse ConceptsDeceit Leading to JudgmentGod's HandEntering The KingdomFalse VisionsGod OpposingGod's Hands In Opposition

Bible Theasaurus

Bench (8 instances)
Board (50 instances)
Chamber (78 instances)
Council (55 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
συμβούλιον 
Sumboulion 
Usage: 8

συνέδριον 
sunedrion 
Usage: 19

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