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Koine Greek wordlink #114329

SR GNT 1 Cor 4:5 βουλάς (boulas) ‘and will_be revealing the counsels of the hearts and’ Strongs=10120 Lemma=boulē
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=59 AD

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Only use of identical word form βουλάς (N-AFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βουλάς’ (N-AFP) is always and only glossed as ‘counsels’.

1 Cor 4:5 ‘and will_be revealing the counsels of the hearts and’ SR GNT 1 Cor 4:5 word 22

OET-LV: 5 So _that not before the_time anything be _judging, until wishfully may _come the master, who both will _be _illuminating the hidden things of _the darkness, and will _be _revealing the counsels of _the hearts, and then the praise will _be _becoming to _each from the god. (CO1_4:5)

OET-RV: 5 So don’t make judgements ahead of time, but wait until the master comes—the one who’ll bring to light what’s hidden in the darkness, and who will expose people’s true motives. At that time, God will praise each person who’s acted faithfully. (CO1 4:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘boulē’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a counsel’, ‘the counsel’, ‘counsel’, ‘counsels’.

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural