verb

biazemō

Greekβιάζω (biazō)

Strong’sG971

I use force, violence, suffer violence

stem biaz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur

Translated as

suffers violence1×urgently pressed1×

What it means

βιάζω (< βία), and depon. -ομαι,

[in LXX for פּרץ, פּצר, etc.;]

to force, constrain, rare in act. (poet, and late prose), but found in cl. in pass., and so perh. βιάζεται, suffereth violence, Mt 11:12, EV (but v. infr.), whether

(a) in good sense, of disciples (Thayer, al.), or

(b) in bad sense, of the enemies of the kingdom (Meyer, in l.; Dalman, Words, 139 ff.; Cremer, 141 ff.). Mid., advanceth violently, Mt 11:12 (Deiss., BS., 258; Banks, v. ref. in DCG, ii, 803 f.); seq. εἰς, to press violently, or force one's way into, Lk 16:16 (v. ICC, in l., and in Mt 11:12; cf. παραβιάζομαι and v. MM, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G971 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbee-ad'-zo

to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized

Fromfrom G979;

King Jamespress, suffer violence.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
biazetōβιάζεται	happening now · he/she/itpresent middle indicative 3rd person singular	suffers violence	2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	biazemō	biazeme	biazemi	biazema	biazemē	biazemelē
you 2nd person singular	biazesō	biazese	biazesi	biazesa	biazesē	biazeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	biazetō2×βιάζεται	biazete	biazeti	biazeta	biazetē	biazetelē
we 1st person plural	biazenō	biazene	biazeni	biazena	biazenē	biazenelē
ye 2nd person plural	biazevō	biazeve	biazevi	biazeva	biazevē	biazevelē
they 3rd person plural	biazelō	biazele	biazeli	biazela	biazelē	biazelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	biazemeiō	biazemeia	biazemeiē
you 2nd person singular	biazeseiō	biazeseia	biazeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	biazeteiō	biazeteia	biazeteiē
we 1st person plural	biazeneiō	biazeneia	biazeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	biazeveiō	biazeveia	biazeveiē
they 3rd person plural	biazeleiō	biazeleia	biazeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	biazesōr	biazesar	biazesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	biazetōr	biazetar	biazetēr
ye 2nd person plural	biazevōr	biazevar	biazevēr
they 3rd person plural	biazelōr	biazelar	biazelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	biazemoiō	biazemoia
you 2nd person singular	biazesoiō	biazesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	biazetoiō	biazetoia
we 1st person plural	biazenoiō	biazenoia
ye 2nd person plural	biazevoiō	biazevoia
they 3rd person plural	biazeloiō	biazeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	biazerō	biazeri	biazera	biazerē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	biazerōtos	biazeritos	biazeratos	biazerētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

biazstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

biaz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

biazetō“suffers violence”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle indicative 3rd person singular2×

Matthew 11:12“suffers violence”apo de taiu hēmeraiu Iōannou tou baptistou heōs arti tas basileias toiu ouranoiu biazetō, kai biastois harpazalō autan.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“urgently pressed”Tos nomos kai tois profētois mechris Iōannou; apo tote tas basileias tou theou euangelizitō kai pantos eis autan biazetō.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.