- Transliteration: Sumboulion

- Phonetic: soom-boo'-lee-on

- Definition:

1. counsel, which is given, taken, entered upon

a. consult, deliberate

2. a council

a. an assembly of counsellors or persons in consultation (the governors and procurators of provinces had a board of assessors or advisers with whom they took council before rendering judgment)

- Origin: from a presumed derivative of G4825" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4825

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Neuter of a presumed derivative of G4825" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4825; advisement; specifically a deliberative body that is the provincial assessors or lay court: - consultation counsel council.