verb
biamō
Strong’sG980
I live, pass my life
stem bi-once in the New Testament1 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.
βιόω, -ῶ
(< βίος), [in LXX: Pr 7:2 9:6 (חיה), Jb 29:18, Wi 4:4 א1, 12:23, Si 40:28, IV Mac 5:22 17:18 *;]
SYN.: ζάω (q.v.).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G980 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbee-o'-o
to spend existence
Fromfrom G979;
King Jameslive.
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
Refs 5th c.BC+; participle βιοῦντες Refs 4th c.BC+; subjunctive βιῶσι Refs 5th c.BC+: imperfect ἐβίουν Refs 5th c.BC+: future βιώσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἐβίωσα Refs 5th c.BC+; but in earlier writers aorist 2 is more used, ὀβίων Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular imperative βιώτω Refs 8th c.BC+; subjunctive βιῶ Refs 5th c.BC+, variant for{βιοίη} in Refs; infinitive βιῶναι Refs 8th c.BC+; participle βιούς Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect βεβίωκα Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, βιόομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: for aorist middle see at {βιώσκομαι}:— passive, future βιωθήσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+perfect βεβίωμαι (see. below).—In early writers present and imperfect are mostly supplied by ζάω: Refs 8th c.BC+ has only aorist 2:—live, pass one's life (opposed to ζάω, live, exist), βέλτερον ἢ ἀπολέσθαι ἕνα χρόνον ἠὲ βιῶναι Refs 8th c.BC+; β. παρανόμως, μετρίως, ἐνδόξως, Refs 5th c.BC+.. from the very actions of his own life, Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, τὰ σοὶ κἀμοὶ βεβιωμένα the actions of our life, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ πεπραγμένα καὶ βεβ. Refs 4th c.BC+; ὅ γε βεβιωμένος [βίος] Refs; impersonal, βεβίωταί [μοι] I have lived, Latin vixi, Refs 1st c.BC+: —middle in active sense, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 survive, ἐβίω καυθείς Refs 5th c.BC+ Oracle texts cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| biaraβιῶσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | live | 1× |
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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | biamō | biame | biami | biama | biamē | biamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | biasō | biase | biasi | biasa | biasē | biaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | biatō | biate | biati | biata | biatē | biatelē |
| we 1st person plural | bianō | biane | biani | biana | bianē | bianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | biavō | biave | biavi | biava | biavē | biavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | bialō | biale | biali | biala | bialē | bialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | biameiō | biameia | biameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | biaseiō | biaseia | biaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | biateiō | biateia | biateiē |
| we 1st person plural | bianeiō | bianeia | bianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | biaveiō | biaveia | biaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | bialeiō | bialeia | bialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | biasōr | biasar | biasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | biatōr | biatar | biatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | biavōr | biavar | biavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | bialōr | bialar | bialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | biamoiō | biamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | biasoiō | biasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | biatoiō | biatoia |
| we 1st person plural | bianoiō | bianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | biavoiō | biavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | bialoiō | bialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | biarō | biari | biara1×βιῶσαι | biarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | biarōntos | biarintos | biarantos | biarēntos |
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
bi 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
biara“live”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
1 Peter 4:2… thelēme theou ton epiloipon en sarka biara chronon.Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth …