Word

βίος

bíos · G979 · Greek · 10 occurrences

See all 10 in Search

Meanings

to live, daily life, life, existence

To conduct oneself, with focus upon everyday activity

Examples
Luke 8:14 “And the seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked by worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and they bring no fruit to maturity.
1 Timothy 2:2 for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him.
possessions, property, livelihood

(Semantic derivative of βίος ‘life,’) The resources which one has as a means of living

Examples
Mark 12:44 for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.”
Luke 15:12 “The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that is coming to me.’ And so he divided his wealth between them.
Luke 15:30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

κόσμοςworld 1
σύyou 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 2 groups

ἤρεμοςquiet 1
ἡσύχιοςquiet 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔχωto have 2

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 6 groups

διάγωto live 1
διαιρέωto divide 1
ἔχωto have 1
κατεσθίωto eat up 1
προσαναλίσκωto spend a lot 1
βάλλωto throw, to put 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἀλαζονείαfalse arrogance 1
ἡδονήthat which is pleasurable 1
πραγματείαaffairs 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To live, daily life, life, existence41.18: Used of ordinary earthly existence and its concerns, as of the cares of this life choking the word among the thorny-soil hearers in Luke 8:14.
Possessions, property, livelihood57.18: Used of material means of living, as of the widow who put in all she had to live on in Mark 12:44 and the son who asked his father for his share of the estate in Luke 15:12.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βίοςbíos · G979βιωτικός biōtikós · G982 · of this life, characteristic of this life, of human existence · 3×βιόω bióō · G980 · to live, daily life, life · 1×βίωσις bíōsis · G981 · to live, daily life, life · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βίου, ὁ (from Homer down); a. life extensively, i. e. the period or course of life (see…

βίου, ὁ (from Homer down);
a. life extensively, i. e. the period or course of life (see below and Trench, § xxvii.): Lk 8:14; 1 Tim 2:2; 2 Tim 2:4; 1 Jn 2:16; 1 Pet 4:3 (Rec.).
b. (as often in Greek writings from Hesiod, Works, 230, 575; Herodotus, Xenophon) that by which life is sustained, resources, wealth (A. V. living): Mk 12:44; Lk 8:43 (WH omits; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); Lk 15:12, Lk 15:30; Lk 21:4; 1 Jn 3:17 (goods). (For לֶחֶם in Prov 31:14 (Prov. 29:32>).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Behavior, Conduct3 occurrences Have, Possess, Property, Owner7 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0