29 occurrences

'Council' in the Bible

My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed 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 answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable 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

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

Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

Verse ConceptsFalse WisdomListening To God

For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath hearkened to his word and listened?

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodPaying Attention To God

But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their doings.

Verse ConceptsSpeaking The Word God Gives

And my hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

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

And when it was day, the elderhood of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and led him into their council, saying,

Verse ConceptsDawnChief priestsAssembling LeadersDaybreakAt DaybreakOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Convenedelders

The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsSigns Of The TimesProphecies Concerning ChristPlottingSigns Performed By ChristThe Chief Priests Convenedaccomplishment

but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTDiscussionsGroups Sent Away

And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSanhedrinTeachersDaybreakTeaching In The ChurchAt DaybreakBringing People Out Of Other PlacesDisciples In The Temple

And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them,

Verse ConceptsInterrogating

But a certain man, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceStatusTeachers Of The LawJewish SectsScholarsSchools

And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon him they seized him and brought him to the council.

Verse ConceptsArrestingelders, as community leadersHigh Priest, In NtInciting To EvilSanhedrinTeachers Of The Law

And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

Verse ConceptsRadiancyShining FacesRadiant LivesAurasLike Angelsserenity

And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty of the matter why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and having brought Paul down set him before them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsAccusations, Against Early Christians

And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.

Verse ConceptsClear ConsciencesConsciences, Description OfMan's Conduct Towards GodLooking Intently At PeopleconscienceClear Conscience Before God

But Paul, knowing that the one part of them were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead.

Verse ConceptsHope Object OfHope, As ConfidenceResurrection, Of BelieversSanhedrinStandingJewish SectsThe Dead Are Raisedgroupszealotspharisees

Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

Verse ConceptsInvestigatingPreparing For ActionAttempting To Kill Specific People

And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfInvestigating

And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when I stood before the council,

Verse ConceptsSanhedrinWhat Sin?

Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar shalt thou go.

Verse ConceptsConversation

Bible Theasaurus

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

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συμβούλιον 
Sumboulion 
Usage: 8

συνέδριον 
sunedrion 
Usage: 19