ΒΙΩΝΑΙ, βιωναι
BIŌNAI, biōnai
Sounds Like: bee-OH-nai
Translations: to live, to pass one's life, to spend one's life
From the root: ΒΙΩΝΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'βιόω', meaning 'to live' or 'to pass one's life'. It describes the act of existing or spending one's time in a particular way. It is often used to indicate the purpose or result of an action, or simply the state of being alive.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0979 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:152
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΒΙΩΝΑΙ, appear in our texts.
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