Strong G980βιόω
to live
- Transliteration
- bioō
- Pronunciation
- bee-o'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G979; to spend existence: - live.
Detailed definition
βιόω, -ῶ
(βίος), [in LXX: Pro.7:2 9:6 (חיה), Job.29:18, Wis.4:4 א 1, 12:23, Sir.40:28, 4Ma.5:22 17:18 *;]
to spend life, to live: τ. χρόνον βιῶσαι (cl., more frequently 2 aor., -ναι), 1Pe.4:2 (cf. Jb, l.with).†
SYN.: ζάω (which see). (AS)
(βίος), [in LXX: Pro.7:2 9:6 (חיה), Job.29:18, Wis.4:4 א 1, 12:23, Sir.40:28, 4Ma.5:22 17:18 *;]
to spend life, to live: τ. χρόνον βιῶσαι (cl., more frequently 2 aor., -ναι), 1Pe.4:2 (cf. Jb, l.with).†
SYN.: ζάω (which see). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G980 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- he1
- live1
First verses
- 1 Peter 4:2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
βῐόω, βιοῖ
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 558a20; βιοῦσι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 200, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b2; βιοῦν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 238, etc.)]; participle βιοῦντες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 566b24)]; subjunctive βιῶσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 15.2)]: imperfect ἐβίουν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.48)]: future βιώσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 784, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 699, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344e, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 399; later βιώσω [prev. author] “Mon.” 270, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.119)]: aorist 1 ἐβίωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.163, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 4.18, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 585a21)]; but in earlier writers aorist 2 is more used, ὀβίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.71, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.1 codices)]; 3rd.pers. singular imperative βιώτω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.429)]; subjunctive βιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 872c; _optative_ βιῴην [prev. author] “Ti.” 89c)], variant for{βιοίη} in [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 512c)]; infinitive βιῶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.174, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.174, etc.)]; participle βιούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.10, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.53, +others)]: perfect βεβίωκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.27 and 28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113d, etc.)]:—middle, βιόομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.177, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180a17)]: for aorist middle see at {βιώσκομαι}:— passive, future βιωθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 9.30:)]perfect βεβίωμαι (see. below).—In early writers present and imperfect are mostly supplied by ζάω: [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has only aorist 2:—live, pass one's life (opposed to ζάω, live, exist), βέλτερον ἢ ἀπολέσθαι ἕνα χρόνον ἠὲ βιῶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.511, compare 10.174; ἄλλος μὲν ἀποφθίσθω, ἄλλος δὲ βιώτω 8.429; βίον βιοῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 188a, etc.)]; β. παρανόμως, μετρίως, ἐνδόξως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.24, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.145f: with _neuter_ _pronoun_, ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὧ αὐτὸς βεβίωκεν ἄρξομαι)].. from the very actions of his own life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.130:)] —passive, τὰ σοὶ κἀμοὶ βεβιωμένα the actions of our life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]265,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.7, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.1)]; τὰ πεπραγμένα καὶ βεβ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.53; τοιούτων ὄντων ἃ τῷ βδελυρῷ τούτῳ.. βεβίωται [prev. author] 21.151; ἐπιτηδευμάτων οἷα τούτῳ βεβίωται [prev. author] 22.78)]; ὅ γε βεβιωμένος [βίος] [Refs ([prev. author] 19.200)]; impersonal, βεβίωταί [μοι] I have lived, Latin vixi, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 12.2.2, 14.21.3)]: —middle in active sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.177, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180a17.)]
2 survive, ἐβίω καυθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.16.—βιόμεσθα (as if from βίομαι) is found “hymnus ad Apollinem” 528 and _3rd.pers._ _plural_ βίονται)] Oracle texts cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phlegon Trallianus Paradoxographus “Miracula” 2, compare βέομαι.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 558a20; βιοῦσι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 200, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b2; βιοῦν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 238, etc.)]; participle βιοῦντες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 566b24)]; subjunctive βιῶσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 15.2)]: imperfect ἐβίουν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.48)]: future βιώσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 784, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 699, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344e, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 399; later βιώσω [prev. author] “Mon.” 270, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.119)]: aorist 1 ἐβίωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.163, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 4.18, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 585a21)]; but in earlier writers aorist 2 is more used, ὀβίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.71, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 3.1 codices)]; 3rd.pers. singular imperative βιώτω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.429)]; subjunctive βιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 872c; _optative_ βιῴην [prev. author] “Ti.” 89c)], variant for{βιοίη} in [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 512c)]; infinitive βιῶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.174, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.174, etc.)]; participle βιούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.10, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.53, +others)]: perfect βεβίωκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.27 and 28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113d, etc.)]:—middle, βιόομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.177, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180a17)]: for aorist middle see at {βιώσκομαι}:— passive, future βιωθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 9.30:)]perfect βεβίωμαι (see. below).—In early writers present and imperfect are mostly supplied by ζάω: [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has only aorist 2:—live, pass one's life (opposed to ζάω, live, exist), βέλτερον ἢ ἀπολέσθαι ἕνα χρόνον ἠὲ βιῶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.511, compare 10.174; ἄλλος μὲν ἀποφθίσθω, ἄλλος δὲ βιώτω 8.429; βίον βιοῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 188a, etc.)]; β. παρανόμως, μετρίως, ἐνδόξως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.24, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.145f: with _neuter_ _pronoun_, ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὧ αὐτὸς βεβίωκεν ἄρξομαι)].. from the very actions of his own life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.130:)] —passive, τὰ σοὶ κἀμοὶ βεβιωμένα the actions of our life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]265,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.7, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.1)]; τὰ πεπραγμένα καὶ βεβ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.53; τοιούτων ὄντων ἃ τῷ βδελυρῷ τούτῳ.. βεβίωται [prev. author] 21.151; ἐπιτηδευμάτων οἷα τούτῳ βεβίωται [prev. author] 22.78)]; ὅ γε βεβιωμένος [βίος] [Refs ([prev. author] 19.200)]; impersonal, βεβίωταί [μοι] I have lived, Latin vixi, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 12.2.2, 14.21.3)]: —middle in active sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.177, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180a17.)]
2 survive, ἐβίω καυθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.16.—βιόμεσθα (as if from βίομαι) is found “hymnus ad Apollinem” 528 and _3rd.pers._ _plural_ βίονται)] Oracle texts cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phlegon Trallianus Paradoxographus “Miracula” 2, compare βέομαι.)]