Strong's Lexicon
G979 — βίος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G979 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βίος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | a primary word; in contrast to G2222 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | bios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bee'-os |
| Meaning: | 1. natural, physical life 2. (literally) the present state of bodily existence 3. (by implication) the means of livelihood |
| KJV Renderings: | good, life, living |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βίος, βίου, ὁ (from Homer down);
a. life extensively, i. e. the period or course of life (see below and Trench, § xxvii.): Luk 8:14; 1Ti 2:2; 2Ti 2:4; 1Jn 2:16; 1Pe 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): Mar 12:44; Luk 8:43 (WH omits; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); Luk 15:12; Luk 15:30; Luk 21:4; 1Jn 3:17 (goods). (For ìÆçÆí in Pro 31:14 ().) [SYNONYMS: βίος, ζωή: ζωή existence (having death as its antithesis); βίος 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 Lightfoot, Ignatius ad Rom 7:1-25 [ET].]
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
βίος (good)
Mark 12:44
- KJV: For all did cast in of their abundance but she of her want did cast in all that she had all her living
- GK: πάντες γαρ εκ του περισσεύοντος αυτοίς έβαλον αύτη δε εκ της υστερήσεως αυτής πάντα όσα είχεν έβαλεν όλον τον βίον αυτής
Luke 8:14
- KJV: And that which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of life and bring no fruit to perfection
- GK: το δε εις τας ακάνθας πεσόν ούτοί εισιν οι ακούσαντες και υπό μεριμνών και πλούτου και ηδονών του βίου πορευόμενοι συμπνίγονται και ου τελεσφορούσι
Luke 8:43
- KJV: And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years which had spent all her living upon physicians neither could be healed of any
- GK: και γυνή ούσα εν ρύσει αίματος από ετών δώδεκα ήτις εις ιατρούς προσαναλώσασα όλον τον βίον ουκ ίσχυσεν υπ΄ ουδενός θεραπευθήναι
Luke 15:12
- KJV: And the younger of them said to father Father give me the portion of goods that falleth And he divided unto them living
- GK: και είπεν ο νεώτερος αυτών τω πατρί πάτερ δος μοι το επιβάλλον μέρος της ουσίας και διείλεν αυτοίς τον βίον
Luke 15:30
- KJV: But as soon as this thy son was come which hath devoured thy living with harlots thou hast killed for him the fatted calf
- GK: ότε δε ο υιός σου ούτος ο καταφαγών σου τον βίον μετά πορνών ήλθεν έθυσας αυτώ τον μόσχον τον σιτευτόν
Luke 21:4
- KJV: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had
- GK: άπαντες γαρ ούτοι εκ του περισσεύοντος αυτοίς έβαλον εις τα δώρα του θεού αύτη δε εκ του υστερήματος αυτής άπαντα τον βίον ον είχεν έβαλε
1 Timothy 2:2
- KJV: For kings and all that are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty
- GK: υπέρ βασιλέων και πάντων των εν υπεροχή όντων ίνα ήρεμον και ησύχιον βίον διάγωμεν εν πάση ευσεβεία και σεμνότητι
2 Timothy 2:4
- KJV: No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
- GK: ουδείς στρατευόμενος εμπλέκεται ταις του βίου πραγματείαις ίνα τω στρατολογήσαντι αρέση
1 Peter 4:3
- KJV: For the time past of life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousness lusts excess of wine revellings banquetings and abominable idolatries
- GK: αρκετός γαρ ημίν ο παρεληλυθώς χρόνος του βίου το θέλημα των εθνών κατεργάσασθαι πεπορευμένους εν ασελγείαις επιθυμίαις οινοφλυγίαις κώμοις πότοις και αθεμίτοις ειδωλολατρείας
1 John 2:16
- KJV: For all that in the world the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world
- GK: ότι παν το εν τω κόσμω η επιθυμία της σαρκός και η επιθυμία των οφθαλμών και η αλαζονεία του βίου ουκ έστιν εκ του πατρός αλλ΄ εκ του κόσμου εστί
1 John 3:17
- KJV: But whoso hath this world’s good and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his bowels from him how dwelleth the love of God in him
- GK: ος δ΄ αν έχη τον βίον του κόσμου και θεωρή τον αδελφόν αυτού χρείαν έχοντα και κλείση τα σπλάγχνα αυτού απ΄ αυτού πως η αγάπη του θεού μένει εν αυτώ
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