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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 1:13 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth 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 even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:30 - And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18 - They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
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