βία
bia · force, violence
Greek word · Strong’s number G970 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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bia (βία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “force, violence”.
How to say it
bi·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Power that drags or breaks.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- force ×2
- violence ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 5:26
Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, not with force, for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned.
- Acts 21:35
And when he came to the steps, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,
- Acts 27:41
But coming upon a place where two seas met, they grounded the vessel; and the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force.