What does βία (bía) mean in the Bible?
βία (bía) is a Greek word meaning "force".
Greek · G970
βία
Force
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βίαG970
Pronunciationbía
What does βία (bía) mean in the Bible?
βία (bía) is a Greek word meaning "force".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G970?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include force (1), pounding (1), violence (1).
Where does βία (bía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 5:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itforce1×Acts 5:26
pounding1×Acts 27:41
violence1×Acts 21:35
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 5:26
Aligned rows3
Books represented1
Acts3
Source forms
βίας2xbiasActs 5:26, Acts 27:41
βίαν1xbianActs 21:35
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2xActs 5:26, Acts 27:41
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xActs 21:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. force
Strong'sG970
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
force
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 5:26Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βίας,biav
force, violence
Read verseActs 21:35Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
βίανbian
force, violence
Read verseActs 24:7Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βίαςbiav
force, violence
Read verseActs 27:41Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βίαςbiav
force, violence
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 5:26 · Acts 27:412×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 21:351×
Word Origins
βία is built from this root:
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