verb

Greekβιάζω (biazō)

Biblang

biazomō

Strong’sG971

I use force, violence, suffer violence

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

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

βῐάζω,
constrain, active once in Refs 8th c.BC+ if they used force, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, future βιασθήσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+aorist ἐβιάσθην, perfect βεβίασμαι (see. below):—to be hard pressed or overpowered, βελέεσσι βιάζεται Refs 8th c.BC+; βιάζετο γὰρ βελRefs 5th c.BC+; to be forced or constrained to do, with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἀδικεῖσθαι,Refs 5th c.BC+; βεβιασμένοι forcibly made slaves, Refs 5th c.BC+; πόλεις βεβ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ βιασθέν those who are forced, Refs 4th c.BC+; of things, τοὔνειδος ὀργῇ βιασθέν forced from one by anger, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ βεβιασμένον forced to fit a hypothesis, Refs 4th c.BC+; βεβ. σχήματα forced figures of speech, Refs 1st c.BC+
2 active, make good, suffice to discharge a debt, Refs
II more frequently βιάζομαι, aorist middle ἐβιασάμην, perfect βεβίασμαι Refs 4th c.BC+:—overpower by force, press hard, ἦ μάλα δή σε βιάζεται ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς Refs 8th c.BC+; β. τοὺς πολεμίους dislodge them, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. νόμους to do them violence, Refs 5th c.BC+; βιασάμενος ταῦτα πάντα having broken through all these restraints, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. γυναῖκα force her, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to πείθειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. αὑτόν lay violent hands on oneself, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. τινά, with infinitive, force one to do, Refs 5th c.BC+; τί με βιάζεσθε λέγει; Refs 4th c.BC+infinitive omitted, β. τὰ σφάγια force the victims [to be favourable], Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with accusative of things, carry by force, βιάσασθαι τὸν ἔκπλουν force an exit, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 absolutely, act with violence, use force, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to δικάζομαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; β. διὰ φυλάκων force one's way, Refs; β. ἐς τὸ ἔξω, β. εἴσω,Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, β. πρὸς τὸν λόφον ἐλθεῖν Refs; βιαζόμενοι βλάπτειν using every effort to hurt me, Refs 5th c.BC+; but βιαζόμενοιμὴ ἀποδιδόναι refusing with violence to repay, Refs 5th c.BC+participle, ἵνα βιασάμενοι ἐκπλεύσωσι may sail out by forcing their way, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ἔτι β. (of a famine) grow worse and worse, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 contend or argue vehemently, with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, persist in assertion, Refs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

suffers violence1×urgently pressed1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
biazotōβιάζεται	happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	biazomō	biazome	biazomē	biazomelē
you 2nd person singular	biazosō	biazose	biazosē	biazoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	biazotō2×βιάζεται	biazote	biazotē	biazotelē
we 1st person plural	biazonō	biazone	biazonē	biazonelē
ye 2nd person plural	biazovō	biazove	biazovē	biazovelē
they 3rd person plural	biazolō	biazole	biazolē	biazolelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	biazomeiō	biazomeiē
you 2nd person singular	biazoseiō	biazoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	biazoteiō	biazoteiē
we 1st person plural	biazoneiō	biazoneiē
ye 2nd person plural	biazoveiō	biazoveiē
they 3rd person plural	biazoleiō	biazoleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	biazosōr	biazosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	biazotōr	biazotēr
ye 2nd person plural	biazovōr	biazovēr
they 3rd person plural	biazolōr	biazolēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present
I 1st person singular	biazomoiō
you 2nd person singular	biazosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singular	biazotoiō
we 1st person plural	biazonoiō
ye 2nd person plural	biazovoiō
they 3rd person plural	biazoloiō

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	biazorō			biazorē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	biazorōntos			biazorēntos

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+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

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

Matthew 11:12“suffers violence”… heōs arti tas basileias toiu ouranoiu biazotō, kai biastois harpazalō autan.… 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”… theou euangelizotō kai pantos eis autan biazotō.… kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.