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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

Greek Inflections of βίος [?]

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.

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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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

life
1. life extensively
  1. the period or course of life
2. that by which life is sustained, resources, wealth, goods

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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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.]

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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

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Strong's Number G979 matches the Greek βίος (bios),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Mar 12:44 - πάντες γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον αὕτη δὲ ἐκ τῆς ὑστερήσεως αὐτῆς πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν ἔβαλεν ὅλον τὸν βίον^G979 αὐτῆς

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Luk 8:14 - τὸ δὲ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας πεσόν οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες καὶ ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν καὶ πλούτου καὶ ἡδονῶν τοῦ βίου^G979 πορευόμενοι συμπνίγονται καὶ οὐ τελεσφοροῦσιν

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Luk 8:43 - καὶ γυνὴ οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος ἀπὸ ἐτῶν δώδεκα ἥτις εἰς ἰατρούς προσαναλώσασα ὅλον τὸν βίον^G979 οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ὑπ᾽ οὐδενὸς θεραπευθῆναι

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Luk 15:12 - καὶ εἶπεν ὁ νεώτερος αὐτῶν τῷ πατρί Πάτερ δός μοι τὸ ἐπιβάλλον μέρος τῆς οὐσίας καὶ διεῖλεν αὐτοῖς τὸν βίον^G979

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Luk 15:30 - ὅτε δὲ ὁ υἱός σου οὗτος ὁ καταφαγών σου τὸν βίον^G979 μετὰ πορνῶν ἦλθεν ἔθυσας αὐτῷ τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτὸν

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Luk 21:4 - ἅπαντες γὰρ οὗτοι ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύοντος αὐτοῖς ἔβαλον εἰς τὰ δῶρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, αὕτη δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὑστερήματος αὐτῆς ἅπαντα τὸν βίον^G979 ὃν εἶχεν ἔβαλεν

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1Ti 2:2 - ὑπὲρ βασιλέων καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντων ἵνα ἤρεμον καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον^G979 διάγωμεν ἐν πάσῃ εὐσεβείᾳ καὶ σεμνότητι

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2Ti 2:4 - οὐδεὶς στρατευόμενος ἐμπλέκεται ταῖς τοῦ βίου^G979 πραγματείαις ἵνα τῷ στρατολογήσαντι ἀρέσῃ

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1Pe 4:3 - ἀρκετὸς γὰρ ἡμῖν ὁ παρεληλυθὼς χρόνος τοῦ βίου^G979 τὸ θέλημα τῶν ἐθνῶν κατεργάσασθαι, πεπορευμένους ἐν ἀσελγείαις ἐπιθυμίαις οἰνοφλυγίαις κώμοις πότοις καὶ ἀθεμίτοις εἰδωλολατρείαις·

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1Jo 2:16 - ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ ἡ ἀλαζονεία τοῦ βίου^G979 οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἐστίν

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1Jo 3:17 - ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ἔχῃ τὸν βίον^G979 τοῦ κόσμου καὶ θεωρῇ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχοντα καὶ κλείσῃ τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ πῶς ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ μένει ἐν αὐτῷ

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