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).

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