Quick Definition
will, counsel, purpose
Strong's Definition
a resolve
Derivation: from G1014 (βούλομαι);
KJV Usage: purpose, will
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βούλημα, βουλήματος, τό (βούλομαι), will, counsel, purpose: Act_27:43; Rom_9:19; 1Pe_4:3 (Rec. θέλημα). (2Ma_15:5; in Greek writings from Plato down.) (Synonym: cf. θέλω, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βούλημα boulēma 3x
purpose, will, determination, Act_27:43 ; Rom_9:19 ; 1Pe_4:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βούλημα , -τος , τό
( < βαύλομαι ),
[in LXX : Pro_9:10 ( H1847 ), 2Ma_15:5 , 4Ma_8:18 * ;]
purpose, will: Act_27:43 , Rom_9:19 , 1Pe_4:3 .†
SYN.: θέλημα G2307 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βούλημα [page 115]
βούλημα is used with reference to the contents of a will in P Lond 171 b .20 (iii/A.D.) (= II. p. 176) τὸ ἐνγεγραμμένον βούλημα : cf. in a similar connexion BGU I. 361 ii. 23 (A.D. 184) ἵνα τὸ βούλημα αὐτοῦ φανερὸν γε̣[ν ]ηται̣. P Tebt II. 407 .9 (? A.D. 199) τὸ δ̣[ὲ ] βούλημα τοῦτο ἐὰν μὴ φυλάξῃς the property is to go to the Serapeum at Alexandria if the daughter of the writer does not observe his wish that certain slaves should be set free. Syll 366 .12 ( c. A.D. 38) ἐκείνου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας βουλήμασιν is a collocation rather like τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ , Eph_1:5 .
For βούλησις see P Tebt I. 43 .35 (B.C. 118) ὃς ἀκόλουθος ὢν τῆ [ι ὑ ]μετέρᾳ βουλήσει προνοεῖται κτλ ., who in accordance with your wishes takes care etc., OGIS 383 .176 (Antiochus of Commagene mid.i/B.C.) οὓς ἐγὼ θεοῖς τε καὶ τιμαῖς ἐμαῖς κατὰ δαιμόνιον βούλησιν ἀνέθηκα , Syll 893 .2 (ii/A.D.) as cited under βιάζομαι and the late P Amh II. 144 .11 (v/A.D.) θεοῦ βουλήσει , God willing.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βούλημα, -τος, τό
(βούλομαι), [in LXX: Pro.9:10 (דַּעַת), 2Ma.15:5, 4Ma.8:18 * ;]
purpose, will: Act.27:43, Rom.9:19, 1Pe.4:3.†
SYN.: θέλημα. (AS)