Strong G972βίαιος

strong

Transliteration
biaios
Pronunciation
bee'-ah-yos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G970; violent: - mighty.

Detailed definition

βίαιος, -α, -ον
(βία), [in LXX for אָנַשׁ, עַז, צַר, etc.;]
violent: Act.2:2.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G972 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • mighty1

First verses

  1. Acts 2:2
    And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βίαιος [ῐ], α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399a, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.33)]: (βία):— forcible, violent: adjective once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἔρδειν ἔργα βίαια 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.236)], adverb twice, by force, perforce, κατέδουσι βιαίως οἶκον Ὀδυσσῆος [Refs (2.237; γυναιξὶ παρευνάζεσθε βιαίως 22.37)]; frequently in all writers, ἔργα β. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1343; νόμος ἄγει δικαιῶν τὸ βιαιότατον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 169)]; of persons, βιαιότατος τῶν πολιτῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36; χρόνος καταψήχει καὶ τὰ βιαιότατα 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 176)]; β. θάνατος a violent death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.170, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 566b, etc.; β. νόσος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1140 (Lyric poetry); β. ἄνεμος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 370b9; ἐπάρδευσις 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.44U. (_comparative_))]; ὁ πόλεμος β. διδάσκαλος teaches by violence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82)]; δίκη βιαίων an action for forcible rescue, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus)]; τοῖς β. or τῶν βιαίων ἔνοχος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914e)]; βιαίων [ἐγκαλεῖ] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.33; τὰ [περὶ] τῶν βιαίων [prev. passage]; συναλλάγματα β., λαθραῖα)], obligationes ex delicto, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1131a8; κλοπαῖα καὶ β. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 934c)]. adverb βιαίως, ἀποθανεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.26)]; β. σέλμα σεμνὸν ἡμένων in their irresistible might, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 182 (Lyric poetry))]; χαλεπῶς καὶ β. by struggling and forcing their way, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]; firmly, σχεδίας β. ζεύξαντες [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.46.1)]: neuter plural as adverb, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 821 (Lyric poetry); πρὸς τὸ β. [prev. author] “Ag.” 130; ἐκ τοῦ βιαιοτάτου 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.36.)]
2 especially of magic, β. τέχνη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.33.)] adverb βιαίως, σοφός a wizard, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.2.)]
II passive, forced, constrained, opposed to ἑκούσιος, πράξεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 603c)]; β. κίνησις, ={παρὰ φύσιν κ}., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 254a9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 64d)]; τὸ β., ={οὗ ἔξωθεν ἡ ἀρχὴ μηδὲν συμβαλλομένου τοῦ βιασθέντος} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110b15)]; ἡ β. τροφή, of the diet of athletes, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1338b41; πόνοι μὴ β. [prev. work] 1335b9)]; ὁ χρημ.ατιστὴς (i.e. βίος) β. τίς ἐστιν, [Refs 4th c.AD+ ([prev. author] “EN” 1096a6; βιαιότερος λόγος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.191d.)] adverb -ως, ={παρὰ φύσιν, κινεῖσθαι} [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 253b34)]: comparative -οτέρως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).19.)]
II.2 ={βιαιοθάνατος}, [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.332.)]