Strong G970βία
force
- Transliteration
- bia
- Pronunciation
- bee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably akin to G979 (through the idea of vital activity); force: - violence.
Detailed definition
βία, -ας, ἡ,
[in LXX for פֶּרֶךְ, etc.;]
strength, force, violence: Act.5:26 21:35 24:7 27:41.†
(AS)
[in LXX for פֶּרֶךְ, etc.;]
strength, force, violence: Act.5:26 21:35 24:7 27:41.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G970 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- violence4
First verses
- Acts 5:26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
- Acts 21:35And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
- Acts 24:7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
- Acts 27:41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βία,
Ionic dialect βίη [ῐ], ἡ: Epic dialect dative βίηφι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.6)]:—bodily strength, force, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.; χειρῶν βία 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.91:—in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], periphrastic of strong men, βίη Ἡρακληείη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.658, where the)]participle masculine πέρσας follows, compare [Refs (11.690)]; βίη Ἐτεοκληείη, Ἰφικλείη,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.386, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.290, etc.; βίη Διομήδεος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.781; also ἲς.. βίης Ἠρακληείης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 332)]: so in Lyric poetry and Trag., Πέλοπος βία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.181)]; Τυδέως βία, Πολυνείκους β., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 571, 577; φίλτατ᾽ Αἰγίσθου β. [prev. author] “Ch.” 893)]; θήρειος β., ={Κένταυροι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1059.)]
2 personified, Κράτος Βία τε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 12.)]
3 of the mind, οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσίν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.45.)]
3.b of an argument, βίαν οὐκ ἔχειν πρὸς [τὸ] ἀποδειξαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 9.)]
II act of violence, ὕβρις τε βίη τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.329)]: mostly in plural, κείνων γε βίας ἀποτείσεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.117; βίας ὑποδέγμενος ἀνδρῶν 16.189; βίαι ἀνέμων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.213.)]
II.2 βίᾳ τινός against one's will, in spite of him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 746 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 79, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.43, etc.; β. φρενῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 612; β. καρδίας [prev. author] “Supp.” 798)]; β. alone as adverb, perforce, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.231, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.10, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 74, +others; βίῃ ἐπειρᾶτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.5)]; opposed to κατὰ φύσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 215a1; also πρὸς βίαν τινός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 5; πρὸς βίαν ἄγειν τινά [prev. author] “Pr.” 210, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 805, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 8.10 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 443, etc.)]; opposed to ἑκών, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 236d; ἐκ βίας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 563, +others, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.58; ὑπὸ βίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.107; ἀπὸ βίας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.51)]; of Zeus, εὐμενεῖ βία κτίσας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1068 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 in Attic dialect law, rape, βίας δίκη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 464e; βίᾳ αἰσχύνεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.32.)]
II.4 = Latin vis, βίας γραφή D C.37.31, compare 33; μαρτύρομαι τὴν βίαν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1120.11 (3rd c.AD))]. (Cf. Sanskrit jyā´ jiyā´ 'preponderating power', jināti 'oppress'.)
Ionic dialect βίη [ῐ], ἡ: Epic dialect dative βίηφι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.6)]:—bodily strength, force, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.; χειρῶν βία 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.91:—in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], periphrastic of strong men, βίη Ἡρακληείη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.658, where the)]participle masculine πέρσας follows, compare [Refs (11.690)]; βίη Ἐτεοκληείη, Ἰφικλείη,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.386, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.290, etc.; βίη Διομήδεος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.781; also ἲς.. βίης Ἠρακληείης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 332)]: so in Lyric poetry and Trag., Πέλοπος βία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.181)]; Τυδέως βία, Πολυνείκους β., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 571, 577; φίλτατ᾽ Αἰγίσθου β. [prev. author] “Ch.” 893)]; θήρειος β., ={Κένταυροι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1059.)]
2 personified, Κράτος Βία τε [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 12.)]
3 of the mind, οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσίν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.45.)]
3.b of an argument, βίαν οὐκ ἔχειν πρὸς [τὸ] ἀποδειξαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 9.)]
II act of violence, ὕβρις τε βίη τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.329)]: mostly in plural, κείνων γε βίας ἀποτείσεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.117; βίας ὑποδέγμενος ἀνδρῶν 16.189; βίαι ἀνέμων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.213.)]
II.2 βίᾳ τινός against one's will, in spite of him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 746 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 79, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.43, etc.; β. φρενῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 612; β. καρδίας [prev. author] “Supp.” 798)]; β. alone as adverb, perforce, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.231, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.10, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 74, +others; βίῃ ἐπειρᾶτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.5)]; opposed to κατὰ φύσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 215a1; also πρὸς βίαν τινός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 5; πρὸς βίαν ἄγειν τινά [prev. author] “Pr.” 210, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 805, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 8.10 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 443, etc.)]; opposed to ἑκών, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 236d; ἐκ βίας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 563, +others, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.58; ὑπὸ βίης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.107; ἀπὸ βίας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.51)]; of Zeus, εὐμενεῖ βία κτίσας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1068 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 in Attic dialect law, rape, βίας δίκη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 464e; βίᾳ αἰσχύνεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.32.)]
II.4 = Latin vis, βίας γραφή D C.37.31, compare 33; μαρτύρομαι τὴν βίαν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1120.11 (3rd c.AD))]. (Cf. Sanskrit jyā´ jiyā´ 'preponderating power', jināti 'oppress'.)