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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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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 - So they made the people of Israel serve with rigor,

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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 made them serve with rigor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - clogging 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 Ar-ta-xerx'es the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brethren 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 upon the people, and took from them food and wine, besides forty shekels 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 that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; fowls likewise were prepared for me, and every ten days skins of wine in abundance; yet with all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the servitude was heavy upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he will cast down to the earth with violence.

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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 tempest 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this that comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save."

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18 - They shall have linen turbans upon their heads, and linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:6 - He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered, the everlasting hills sank low. His ways were as of old.
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