βία bia · G0970

force

βία, -ας, ἡ, ; [in LXX for פֶּרֶךְ, etc. ; ] ; strength, force, violence: Act.5:26 21:35 24:7 27:41.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

βία, ; Ionic dialect βίη [ῐ], ἡ: Epic dialect dative βίηφι []:—bodily strength, force, [], periphrastic of strong men, βίη Ἡρακληείη []participle masculine πέρσας follows, compare []; βίη Ἐτεοκληείη, Ἰφικλείη,[]: so in Lyric poetry and Trag., Πέλοπος βία []; Τυδέως βία, Πολυνείκους β., []; θήρειος β., ={Κένταυροι}, []; 2 personified, Κράτος Βία τε []; 3 of the mind, οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσίν []; 3.b of an argument, βίαν οὐκ ἔχειν πρὸς [τὸ] ἀποδειξαι []; II act of violence, ὕβρις τε βίη τε []: mostly …

Where it's used 4 times

Acts 5:26 · Acts 21:35 · Acts 24:7 · Acts 27:41

Source: TBESG G0970; TFLSJ G0970

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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