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Lexicon :: Strong's G979 - bios

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βίος
Transliteration
bios (Key)
Pronunciation
bee'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary word
mGNT
10x in 2 unique form(s) TR
11x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
23x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:832,290

Trench's Synonyms: xxvii. ζωή, βίος.

Strong’s Definitions

βίος bíos, bee'-os; a primary word; life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood:—good, life, living.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G979 in the following manner: life (5x), living (5x), good (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G979 in the following manner: life (5x), living (5x), good (1x).

  1. life

    1. life extensively

      1. the period or course of life

    2. that by which life is sustained, resources, wealth, goods

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βίος bíos, bee'-os; a primary word; life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood:—good, life, living.
STRONGS G979:
βίος, -ου, ὁ, [from Homer down];
a. life extensively, i. e. the period or course of life [see below and Trench, § xxvii.]: Luke 8:14; 1 Timothy 2:2; 2 Timothy 2:4; 1 John 2:16; 1 Peter 4:3 [Rec.].
b. (as often in Greek writings from Hesiod, Works, 230, 575; Herodotus, Xenophon) that by which life is sustained, resources, wealth [A. V. living]: Mark 12:44; Luke 8:43 [WH omits; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause]; Luke 15:12, 30; Luke 21:4; 1 John 3:17 [goods]. (For לֶחֶם in Proverbs 31:14 (Prov. 29:32).)
[Synonyms: βίος, ζωή: ζ. existence (having death as its antithesis); β. the period, means, manner, of existence. Hence the former is more naturally used of animals, the latter of men; cf. zoology, biography. N. T. usage exalts ζωή, and so tends to debase βίος. But see Bp. Lightfoot Ign. ad Romans 7.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
31:14
Mark
12:44
Luke
8:14; 8:43; 15:12; 15:30; 21:4
1 Timothy
2:2
2 Timothy
2:4
1 Peter
4:3
1 John
2:16; 3:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G979 matches the Greek βίος (bios),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:1 - Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 - Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:5 - Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:12 - With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:14 - If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20 - The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:2 - For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 - Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:9 - Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3 - Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:12 - She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:14 - She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 - Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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