Words the Bible translates as council
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sunedrionσυνέδριονcouncil: a formally seated body of leaders gathered to deliberate and judge, above all the ruling court in Jerusalem
- sodסוֹדan intimate inner circle and the confidential exchange within it: the trusted company, its private counsel, and the secret or friendship that binds it together
- sumboulionσυμβούλιονcouncil: the circle of advisers a Roman official had beside him when he ruled on a case
+1 more meaning
- a plan settled on together: what a group decides to do after conferring, and then goes and does
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