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Lexicon :: Strong's G970 - bia

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βία
Transliteration
bia (Key)
Pronunciation
bee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to βία (G970) (through the idea of vital activity)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
13x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

βία bía, bee'-ah; probably akin to G979 (through the idea of vital activity); force:—violence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G970 in the following manner: violence (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G970 in the following manner: violence (4x).

  1. strength, whether of body or mind

  2. strength in violent action, force

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βία bía, bee'-ah; probably akin to G979 (through the idea of vital activity); force:—violence.
STRONGS G970:
βία, -ας, ἡ;
1. strength, whether of body or of mind: Homer and subsequent writers.
2. strength in violent action, force: μετὰ βίας by the use of force, with violence, Acts 5:26; Acts 24:7 [Rec.]; shock τῶν κυμάτων, Acts 27:41 [R G, but Tr text brackets; others omit τῶν κυμάτων]; διὰ τ. βίαν τοῦ ὄχλου, the crowd pressing on so violently, Acts 21:35. [Synonym: see δύναμις, at the end.]
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Acts
5:26; 21:35; 24:7; 27:41

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Strong's Number G970 matches the Greek βία (bia),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - clogging[fn] their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration[fn] forty shekels[fn] of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now what was prepared at my expense[fn] for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:30 - And the LORD will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus says the Lord GOD: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this who comes from Edom,
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mighty to save.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18 - They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and linen undergarments around their waists. They shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.

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