2001 Translation

BIA, bia

Sounds Like: BEE-ah

Translations: force, violence, power, a force, a violence, a power

From the root: ΒΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to physical force, violence, or power. It can describe a forceful action, an act of aggression, or the inherent strength or power of something. It is often used in contexts where something is done by compulsion or against resistance.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0979 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:148

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 6:63
• 4 Maccabees — 11:26
• Wisdom — 5:11, 17:5, 17:17, 19:13
• Sirach — 20:4
• Isaiah — 17:13, 30:30, 52:4, 63:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 2:54
• Book 4 — 4:77
• Book 5 — 1:18
• Book 6 — 5:69
• Book 7 — 7:142, 8:171
• Book 9 — 2:24
• Book 11 — 4:99
• Book 14 — 2:31, 3:42, 12:316
• Book 15 — 4:101
• Book 17 — 10:253
• Book 20 — 8:181

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 1:11, 12:5, 20:7
• Book Three — 7:87, 7:102, 7:112, 7:113, 7:115, 9:16
• Book Four — 2:9, 3:83, 7:33, 7:39
• Book Five — 2:48, 9:26, 11:5, 12:1
• Book Six — 8:18, 8:20, 8:26
• Book Seven — 2:13, 4:28

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 3:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 26:3

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 7:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 1:13
• 1 Maccabees — 6:63
• 3 Maccabees — 2:28, 3:15
• 4 Maccabees — 11:26
• Odes — 6:6
• Wisdom — 5:11, 17:5, 17:18, 19:13
• Sirach — 20:4
• Isaiah — 17:13, 28:2, 30:30, 52:4, 63:1
• Ezekiel — 44:18
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 11:17
• Habakkuk — 3:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΙΑ.

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.

• ΒΙΑΙΩΣ — violently, forcibly, by force, with force
• ΒΙΑΜΕΝ — we force, we compel, we do violence, we act violently
• ΒΙΑΝ — force, violence, strength, a force, a violence, a strength
• ΒΙΑΣ — (of) force, (of) violence, (of) power

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