2001 Translation

BIOU, biou

Sounds Like: BEE-oo

Translations: of life, of livelihood, of means of living, a life

From the root: ΒΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This is the genitive singular form of the noun 'ΒΙΟΣ' (bios), which refers to life, especially in the sense of one's earthly existence, way of life, or means of living. It can also refer to one's livelihood or possessions. As a genitive form, 'ΒΙΟΥ' often indicates possession, origin, or relationship, translating to 'of life' or 'of livelihood' depending on the context.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G0979 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:147, 1:209, 1:284

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:4, 10:2, 10:3, 10:69, 10:73

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 4:1, 5:36, 7:7, 7:15, 8:8, 8:23, 16:18
• Proverbs — 3:2, 3:16, 4:10, 16:17
• Job — 14:14
• Sirach — 31:4
• Luke — 8:14
• 2 Timothy — 2:4
• 1 John — 2:16

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 8:40, 12:60, 12:131, 14:144, 16:156, 29:210, 32:223, 32:230, 37:258, 40:282
• Book Two — 12:131, 14:144, 16:156, 29:210, 32:223, 32:230, 37:258, 40:282

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 2:67, 3:98, 10:189, 13:230, 20:326
• Book 2 — 6:154, 7:171, 7:175
• Book 4 — 3:48, 4:78, 6:143, 6:149, 8:179, 8:231, 8:320
• Book 9 — 8:180
• Book 10 — 10:201, 11:241, 11:278
• Book 11 — 3:63, 6:278, 6:295
• Book 12 — 6:224, 6:285
• Book 13 — 9:258
• Book 14 — 10:211
• Book 15 — 6:179, 6:181, 10:373, 10:376
• Book 16 — 10:324
• Book 17 — 1:1, 4:75, 5:120, 6:153, 6:181
• Book 18 — 1:15, 3:66
• Book 19 — 1:32, 1:155, 3:221, 4:272
• Book 20 — 10:229

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 24:18
• Book Two — 8:44
• Book Three — 5:1, 7:73, 8:35
• Book Four — 2:20
• Book Six — 1:48
• Book Seven — 8:21

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 3:1, 8:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 47:4, 105:3

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 76:423, 76:430

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Ezra (Beta) — 7:26
• 2 Maccabees — 14:25
• 3 Maccabees — 4:4, 4:6, 5:49
• 4 Maccabees — 1:15, 4:1, 5:36, 7:7, 7:15, 8:8, 8:23, 16:18
• Proverbs — 3:2, 3:16, 4:10, 16:17
• Job — 14:14
• Sirach — 34:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 8:14
• 2 Timothy — 2:4
• 1 John — 2:16

From the same root

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

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.

• ΒΙΕΩΝ — of life, of a lifetime, of means, of livelihood, of property, of wealth
• ΒΙΕΩΣ — living, pertaining to life
• ΒΙΟ — life, a life, livelihood, means of living, property, possessions
• ΒΙΟΙ — life, a life, means of life, livelihood, living, property, wealth
• ΒΙΟΙΣ — (to) life, (to) a life, (to) means of life, (to) livelihood, (to) living
• ΒΙΟΝ — life, a life, livelihood, a livelihood, property, a property
• ΒΙΟΣ — life, a life, living, means of life, livelihood, wealth, property
• ΒΙΩΝΑ — life, a life, manner of life, means of life, livelihood
• ΟΒΙΟΣ — living, life, a life

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