bios · life, livelihood

What it means

bios (βίος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “life, livelihood”.

Livelihood, means of life; also life.

How to say it

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

1. Everyday living and its affairs.
2. What one has to live on.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• life ×3
• living ×3
• property ×2
• goods ×1
• possessions ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×5
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• 1 John×2

• Mark 12:44

  For they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole living.”

• Luke 8:14

  And what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked by worries and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bring fruit to maturity.

• Luke 8:43

  And a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on doctors and could not be healed by anyone,

• Luke 15:12

  And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his property between them.

• Luke 15:30

  but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf!’

• Luke 21:4

  for all these put in as gifts out of what was left over to them, but she, out of her poverty, put in all the living that she had.”

• 1 Timothy 2:2

  for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

• 2 Timothy 2:4

  No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.

• 1 John 2:16

  because all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of possessions — is not from the Father but is from the world.

• 1 John 3:17

  But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him?