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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 - Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:1 - "Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

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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 they come to an end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 - "My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:5 - Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:12 - Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:14 - If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20 - All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:2 - for they will provide a long and full life, and they will add well-being to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 - Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:10 - Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:9 - lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3 - Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:12 - She brings 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 merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 - Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised. The Beloved's Brothers:
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