G970
G970 — βία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
bia (bee'-ah) n.
1. force, strength
{physical or mental}
[probably akin to G979 (through the idea of vital activity)]
KJV: violence
Compare: G4516, G4764, G4988
See also: G979
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
violence
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βία (violence)
Acts 5:26
- KJV: Then went the captain with the officers and brought them without violence for they feared the people lest they should have been stoned
- GK: τότε απελθών ο στρατηγός συν τοις υπηρέταις ήγαγεν αυτούς ου μετά βίας εφοβούντο γαρ τον λαόν ίνα μη λιθασθώσιν
Acts 21:35
- KJV: And when he came upon the stairs so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people
- GK: ότε δε εγένετο επί τους αναβάθμους συνέβη βαστάζεσθαι αυτόν υπό των στρατιωτών διά την βίαν του όχλου
Acts 24:7
- KJV: But the chief captain Lysias came and with great violence took away out of our hands
- GK: παρελθών δε Λυσίας ο χιλίαρχος πολής βίας εκ των χειρών ημών απήγαγε
Acts 27:41
- KJV: And 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
- GK: περιπεσόντες δε εις τόπον διθάλασσον επώκειλαν την ναύν και η μεν πρώρα ερείσασα έμεινεν ασάλευτος η δε πρύμνα ελύετο υπό της βίας των κυμάτων