Strong's Greek · G970
G970 bía
βία
bee'-ah
force
Looking for Hebrew H970 bâchûwr? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G970. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
bía appears 3 times in Scripture, in Acts 5:26, Acts 21:35 and Acts 27:41. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
force
In the King James Version
violence
Derivation
probably akin to G979 (βίος) (through the idea of vital activity);
Appears 3 times in Scripture
“But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.”
“When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.”
“At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
