Strong G971βιάζω
to force
- Transliteration
- biazō
- Pronunciation
- bee-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G970; to force that is (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into) or (passively) to be seized: - press suffer violence.
Detailed definition
βιάζω (βία), and depon. -ομαι,
[in LXX for פּרץ, פּצר, etc.;]
to force, constrain, rare in active (poet, and late prose), but found in cl. in pass., and so perh. βιάζεται, suffereth violence, Mat.11:12, EV (but see infr.), whether
__(a) in good sense, of disciples (Thayer, al.), or
__(b) in bad sense, of the enemies of the kingdom (Meyer, in l.; Dalman, Words, 139ff.; Cremer, 141ff.). Mid., advanceth violently, Mt, l.with (Deiss., BS., 258; Banks, see ref. in DCG, ii, 803f.); before εἰς, to press violently, or force one's way into, Luk.16:16 (see ICC, in l., and in Mt, l.with; cf. παραβιάζομαι and see MM, see word).
† (AS)
[in LXX for פּרץ, פּצר, etc.;]
to force, constrain, rare in active (poet, and late prose), but found in cl. in pass., and so perh. βιάζεται, suffereth violence, Mat.11:12, EV (but see infr.), whether
__(a) in good sense, of disciples (Thayer, al.), or
__(b) in bad sense, of the enemies of the kingdom (Meyer, in l.; Dalman, Words, 139ff.; Cremer, 141ff.). Mid., advanceth violently, Mt, l.with (Deiss., BS., 258; Banks, see ref. in DCG, ii, 803f.); before εἰς, to press violently, or force one's way into, Luk.16:16 (see ICC, in l., and in Mt, l.with; cf. παραβιάζομαι and see MM, see word).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G971 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- presseth1
- violence1
First verses
- Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
- Luke 16:16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
βῐάζω,
constrain, active once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἦ μάλα δή με βιάζετε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.297; ἐβίασε τὴν γυναῖκά μου 5th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Comicus 29: _absolutely_, εἰ πάνυ ἐβίαζον)] if they used force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.24; compare below 1.2)]:—passive, future βιασθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.5.9:)]aorist ἐβιάσθην, perfect βεβίασμαι (see. below):—to be hard pressed or overpowered, βελέεσσι βιάζεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.589)]; βιάζετο γὰρ βελ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 15.727; βιασθέντες λύᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.14; νόσῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 20 (= “Tragica Adespota” 70))]; to be forced or constrained to do, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 890: with _accusative_ _cognate_, βιάζομαι τάδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 66, compare 1073; βιασθείς [prev. author] “El.” 575; ἐπεὶ ἐβιάσθη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44; ὑπό τινος [prev. author] 1.2)]; opposed to ἀδικεῖσθαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 77; βιασθεὶς ἄκων ἔπραξεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.16; ἵνα ἢ συγχωρήσωσιν.. ἢ βιασθῶσιν [prev. author] 18.175; βιαζόμενος ὑπό τινος ἐξήμαρτεν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.5)]; βεβιασμένοι forcibly made slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.12)]; πόλεις βεβ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HG” 5.2.23: βιαζόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς παρούσης ἀπορίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67)]; τὸ βιασθέν those who are forced, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1255a11)]; of things, τοὔνειδος ὀργῇ βιασθέν forced from one by anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 524)]; τὸ βεβιασμένον forced to fit a hypothesis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1082b2)]; βεβ. σχήματα forced figures of speech, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 33, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 36.)]
2 active, make good, suffice to discharge a debt, [Refs (“PFlor.” 56.13.)]
II more frequently βιάζομαι, aorist middle ἐβιασάμην, perfect βεβίασμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.206, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 63, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 46.45)]:—overpower by force, press hard, ἦ μάλα δή σε βιάζεται ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.229, etc.)]; β. τοὺς πολεμίους dislodge them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.5)]; β. νόμους to do them violence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53)]; βιασάμενος ταῦτα πάντα having broken through all these restraints, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.52)]; β. γυναῖκα force her, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1092)]; opposed to πείθειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.32)]; β. αὑτόν lay violent hands on oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61c, 61d)]; β. τινά, with infinitive, force one to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.1)]; τί με βιάζεσθε λέγει; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 44: with)]infinitive omitted, β. τὰ σφάγια force the victims [to be favourable], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41; β. ἄστρα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.9: with double _accusative_, αὐδῶ πόλιν σε μὴ β. τόδε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1047.)]
II.2 with accusative of things, carry by force, βιάσασθαι τὸν ἔκπλουν force an exit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.72; τὴν ἀπόβασιν [prev. author] 4.11: with _accusative_ _neuter_, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.12.)]
II.3 absolutely, act with violence, use force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1010, “Ag.” 1509 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1160, etc.; πρὸς τὸ λαμπρὸν ὁ φθόνος βιάζεται “Tragica Adespota” 547.12)]; opposed to δικάζομαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77)]; β. διὰ φυλάκων force one's way, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.83)]; β. ἐς τὸ ἔξω, β. εἴσω,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 69, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.69; δρόμῳ β. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.63)]: with infinitive, β. πρὸς τὸν λόφον ἐλθεῖν [Refs ([prev. author] 7.79)]; βιαζόμενοι βλάπτειν using every effort to hurt me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.16)]; but βιαζόμενοιμὴ ἀποδιδόναι refusing with violence to repay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.12: especially in)]participle, ἵνα βιασάμενοι ἐκπλεύσωσι may sail out by forcing their way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67; συνεξέρχονται βιασάμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.11)]; ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ἔτι β. (of a famine) grow worse and worse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94.)]
II.4 contend or argue vehemently, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 246b; β. τὸ μὴ ὂν ὡς ἔστι κατά τι [prev. work] 241d)]: absolutely, persist in assertion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.205.)]
constrain, active once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἦ μάλα δή με βιάζετε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.297; ἐβίασε τὴν γυναῖκά μου 5th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Comicus 29: _absolutely_, εἰ πάνυ ἐβίαζον)] if they used force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.24; compare below 1.2)]:—passive, future βιασθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.5.9:)]aorist ἐβιάσθην, perfect βεβίασμαι (see. below):—to be hard pressed or overpowered, βελέεσσι βιάζεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.589)]; βιάζετο γὰρ βελ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 15.727; βιασθέντες λύᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.14; νόσῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 20 (= “Tragica Adespota” 70))]; to be forced or constrained to do, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 890: with _accusative_ _cognate_, βιάζομαι τάδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 66, compare 1073; βιασθείς [prev. author] “El.” 575; ἐπεὶ ἐβιάσθη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.44; ὑπό τινος [prev. author] 1.2)]; opposed to ἀδικεῖσθαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 77; βιασθεὶς ἄκων ἔπραξεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.16; ἵνα ἢ συγχωρήσωσιν.. ἢ βιασθῶσιν [prev. author] 18.175; βιαζόμενος ὑπό τινος ἐξήμαρτεν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.5)]; βεβιασμένοι forcibly made slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.12)]; πόλεις βεβ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HG” 5.2.23: βιαζόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς παρούσης ἀπορίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67)]; τὸ βιασθέν those who are forced, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1255a11)]; of things, τοὔνειδος ὀργῇ βιασθέν forced from one by anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 524)]; τὸ βεβιασμένον forced to fit a hypothesis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1082b2)]; βεβ. σχήματα forced figures of speech, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 33, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 36.)]
2 active, make good, suffice to discharge a debt, [Refs (“PFlor.” 56.13.)]
II more frequently βιάζομαι, aorist middle ἐβιασάμην, perfect βεβίασμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.206, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 63, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 46.45)]:—overpower by force, press hard, ἦ μάλα δή σε βιάζεται ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.229, etc.)]; β. τοὺς πολεμίους dislodge them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.5)]; β. νόμους to do them violence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53)]; βιασάμενος ταῦτα πάντα having broken through all these restraints, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.52)]; β. γυναῖκα force her, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1092)]; opposed to πείθειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.32)]; β. αὑτόν lay violent hands on oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61c, 61d)]; β. τινά, with infinitive, force one to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.1)]; τί με βιάζεσθε λέγει; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 44: with)]infinitive omitted, β. τὰ σφάγια force the victims [to be favourable], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41; β. ἄστρα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.9: with double _accusative_, αὐδῶ πόλιν σε μὴ β. τόδε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1047.)]
II.2 with accusative of things, carry by force, βιάσασθαι τὸν ἔκπλουν force an exit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.72; τὴν ἀπόβασιν [prev. author] 4.11: with _accusative_ _neuter_, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.17, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.12.)]
II.3 absolutely, act with violence, use force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1010, “Ag.” 1509 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1160, etc.; πρὸς τὸ λαμπρὸν ὁ φθόνος βιάζεται “Tragica Adespota” 547.12)]; opposed to δικάζομαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77)]; β. διὰ φυλάκων force one's way, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.83)]; β. ἐς τὸ ἔξω, β. εἴσω,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 69, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.69; δρόμῳ β. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.63)]: with infinitive, β. πρὸς τὸν λόφον ἐλθεῖν [Refs ([prev. author] 7.79)]; βιαζόμενοι βλάπτειν using every effort to hurt me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.16)]; but βιαζόμενοιμὴ ἀποδιδόναι refusing with violence to repay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.12: especially in)]participle, ἵνα βιασάμενοι ἐκπλεύσωσι may sail out by forcing their way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.67; συνεξέρχονται βιασάμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.11)]; ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ἔτι β. (of a famine) grow worse and worse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94.)]
II.4 contend or argue vehemently, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 246b; β. τὸ μὴ ὂν ὡς ἔστι κατά τι [prev. work] 241d)]: absolutely, persist in assertion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.205.)]