βίος bios · G0979

life

βίος, -ου, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly for יָמִים ; ] ; 1. period or course of life, life: Luk.8:14, 1Ti.2:2, 2Ti.2:4, 1Jn.2:16. ; 2. living, livelihood, means (in Pro.31:14 for לֶחֶם; see DCG, ii, 39a): Mrk.12:44, Luk.8:43 15:12, 30 21:4, 1Jn.3:17.† ; SYN.: ζωή, is life intensive, "vita quâ, vivimus," the vital principle; βίος, life extensive, "vita quam vivimus," (1) the period of life, (2) the means by which it is sustained. Hence, in cl., ζ., being confined to the physical life common to men and animals, is the inferior word (cf. zoology, biography). In NT, ζωή is elevated into the ethical and spiritual sphere (cf. Tr., Syn., §xxvii). (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

βίος[ῐ], ὁ, ; life, i. e. not animal life (ζωή), but mode of life [], manner of living (mostly therefore of men, see []; but also of animals, διεχώριζον ζῴων τε βίον δένδρων τε φύσιν []; διέρχεσθαι βίου τέλος uncertain in []; proverbial, ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίος 'the Golden Age', []: rarely in plural, []; τίνες καὶ πόσοι εἰσὶ β.; []; 2 in Poets sometimes ={ζωή}, βίον ἐκπνέων []; 3 lifetime, ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα ἀνθρώπων β. []; II livelihood, means of living (in []; τὸν βίον κτᾶσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν ἀπό …

Where it's used 11 times

Mark 12:44 · Luke 8:14 · Luke 8:43 · Luke 15:12 · Luke 15:30 · Luke 21:4 · 1 Timothy 2:2 · 2 Timothy 2:4 · 1 Peter 4:3 · 1 John 2:16 · 1 John 3:17

Source: TBESG G0979; TFLSJ G0979

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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