Strong's Greek · G971
βιάζω
biázō
press, suffer violence
Definition
to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized
Derivation
from G979 (βίος);
Appears 2 times in Scripture
Matthew 11:12
“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.”
Luke 16:16
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).