ἐπιβουλή epiboulḗ
Meaning
a plan against someone, i.e. a plot
In the King James Version: laying (lying) in wait
Derivation: from a presumed compound of G1909 (ἐπί) and G1014 (βούλομαι);
Where it is used
- Acts 9:24 but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
- Acts 20:3 where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
- Acts 20:19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
- Acts 23:30 When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.