The meaning of “βία”
Understanding bía reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably akin to βίος (through the idea of vital activity) violence. - force
βία
probably akin to βίος (through the idea of vital activity) violence. - force
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Acts 5:26 | “Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.” Word: βία (bía) | |
| Acts 21:35 | “And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.” Word: βία (bía) | |
| Acts 24:7 | “But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,” Word: βία (bía) | |
| Acts 27:41 | “And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.” Word: βία (bía) |