ΒΙΑΙΑΣ, βιαιας
BIAIAS, biaias
Sounds Like: bee-AHY-ahs
Translations: violent, forcible, impetuous, a violent, a forcible, an impetuous
From the root: ΒΙΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is characterized by force, violence, or impetuosity. It can refer to actions, events, or even people that are forceful or done with great intensity. It implies a lack of restraint or a sudden, powerful movement.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0979 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:14
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 2:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 4:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 2:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΙΑΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΙΑΙΑ — violent, a violent, forceful, a forceful, forcible, a forcible
- ΒΙΑΙΑΝ — violent, a violent
- ΒΙΑΙΟΙ — violent, forceful, strong, impetuous
- ΒΙΑΙΟΙΣ — violent, by force, forceful, forcible, by violence, by force
- ΒΙΑΙΟΝ — violent, forcible, a violent thing, a forcible thing
- ΒΙΑΙΟΣ — violent, forceful, strong, impetuous, vehement
- ΒΙΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most violent, most forceful, most impetuous, most vehement, a most violent, a most forceful
- ΒΙΑΙΟΤΕΡΑ — more violent, more forceful, more vehement, more intense, more powerful
- ΒΙΑΙΟΤΕΡΑΝ — more violent, more forceful, more powerful, more oppressive, a more violent, a more forceful, a more powerful, a more oppressive
- ΒΙΑΙΟΤΕΡΑΣ — more violent, more forceful, more powerful, more vehement
- ΒΙΑΙΟΤΕΡΕ — more violent, more forceful, more powerful, more impetuous
- ΒΙΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΙ — more violent, more forceful, more vehement, more impetuous
- ΒΙΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more violent, more forceful, more vehement, more intense, more violently, more forcefully, more vehemently, more intensely
- ΒΙΑΙΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of more violent, of more forceful, of more vehement, of more impetuous
- ΒΙΑΙΟΥ — violent, a violent, forcible, a forcible, impetuous, an impetuous
- ΒΙΑΙΟΥΣ — violent, a violent, forcible, a forcible
- ΒΙΑΙΩ — violent, forceful, strong, mighty, impetuous
- ΒΙΑΙΩΝ — of violent, of forcible, of forceful, of strong
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