Gloss
force, violence, pounding (of surf)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
βία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration
bia
Simplified transliteration
bia
Numbers
Strong's number
970
GK Number
1040
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for βία
| Acts 5:26 | Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, but not with force (bias | βίας | gen sg fem), for they feared the people, lest they be stoned. |
| Acts 21:35 | When he got to the stairs, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence (bian | βίαν | acc sg fem) of the mob, |
| Acts 27:41 | But caught in some crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the force (bias | βίας | gen sg fem) of the waves. |
