noun · feminine
biōsias
Greekβίωσις (biōsis)
Strong’sG981
manner of life
stem biōsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
**† βίωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< βιόω), [in LXX: Si prol. 12 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G981 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbee'-o-sis
living (properly, the act, by implication, the mode)
Fromfrom G980;
King Jamesmanner of life.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | biōsias | biōsiais |
| object accusative | biōsian1×βίωσίν | biōsiain |
| direct address vocative | biōsiar | biōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | biōsiau | biōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | biōsia | biōsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
biōsia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
biōsian“manner of life”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 26:4“manner of life”Tan men oun biōsian mu tan ek neotau tan apo archau gineratan en te ethne mu en tē Hierosolumei oidalē pantois Ioudaiois,Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.