Bios βίος

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Bios
βίος
Transliterationbios
Strong's numberG979
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosslife
Occurrences11 in 11 verses
Most frequent inLuke (5)

Bios (Greek βίος, Strong's G979) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “life”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

βίος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for יָמִים ;]
1. period or course of life, life: Luk.8:14, 1Ti.2:2, 2Ti.2:4, 1Jn.2:16.
2. living, livelihood, means (in Pro.31:14 for לֶחֶם; see DCG, ii, 39a): Mrk.12:44, Luk.8:43 15:12, 30 21:4, 1Jn.3:17.†
SYN.: ζωή, is life intensive, "vita quâ, vivimus," the vital principle; βίος, life extensive, "vita quam vivimus," (1) the period of life, (2) the means by which it is sustained. Hence, in cl., ζ., being confined to the physical life common to men and animals, is the inferior word (cf. zoology, biography). In NT, ζωή is elevated into the ethical and spiritual sphere (cf. Tr., Syn., §xxvii). (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVliving (5), life (5), good (1)
BSBlive (2), life (2), money (1), property (1), wealth (1), lives (1), possessions (1)

Verses

Every verse with Bios, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

Luke

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

1 Peter

1 John

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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