βιωτικός
biōtikós · G982 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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of this life, characteristic of this life, of human existence
(Derivative of βιόω ‘to live,’) Pertaining to daily life or existence
ExamplesLuke 21:34 “But be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap;
1 Corinthians 6:3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?
1 Corinthians 6:4 So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- κοσμικός kosmikós · G2886 · earthly, on earth, worldly
- κοσμικός denotes 'belonging to the world' or 'worldly' and overlaps with βιωτικός in contexts describing matters pertaining to earthly/temporal existence, though κοσμικός can carry negative moral connotations ('corrupt', 'worldly' in a pejorative sense) that βιωτικός lacks.
- σαρκικός sarkikós · G4559 · human, natural, material
- σαρκικός refers to what pertains to the flesh or earthly/physical nature, overlapping with βιωτικός in denoting matters of present temporal existence as opposed to spiritual realities; however, σαρκικός carries a stronger moral-evaluative connotation (unregenerate, carnal) whereas βιωτικός is more neutral, focusing on the sphere of human life and daily affairs.
Contrasting words 2 words
- οὐράνιος ouránios · G3770 · heavenly, in heaven, pertaining to heaven
- οὐράνιος ('heavenly') stands in direct lexical opposition to βιωτικός ('pertaining to earthly life'), contrasting the heavenly/eternal realm with the temporal/earthly sphere of existence.
- πνευματικός pneumatikós · G4152 · one who is spiritual, one who has received the Spirit, spiritual
- πνευματικός ('spiritual') opposes βιωτικός by contrasting spiritual/supernatural realities with matters pertaining to the present temporal life.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Of this life, characteristic of this life, of human existence41.19
- Used of ordinary earthly concerns as distinct from spiritual ones, as of hearts weighed down with the worries of this life in Luke 21:34 and matters of this life brought before secular courts in 1 Corinthians 6:3-4.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βιωτικη, βιωτικον, pertaining to life and the affairs of this life: Lk 21:34; 1 Cor 6:3f.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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