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Forceful person

βιαστήςStrong’s G0973

biastēs

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Biastēs is the Greek word usually translated “violent”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”
Matthew 11:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “violent”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • violent 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    βιαστής biastēs · forceful person

    βιαστής, -οῦ, ὁ (βιάζω), late form of βιατάς; 1. strong, forceful. 2. violent (Philo): Mat.11:12 (see: βιάζω). † (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “violent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    VI'OLENT, adjective

    [Latin violentus.

    1. Forcible; moving or acting with physical strength; urged or driven with force; as a violent wind; a violent stream; a violent assault or blow; a violent conflict.
    2. Vehement; outrageous; as a violent attack on the minister.
    3. Produced or continued by force; not spontaneous or natural.
    4. Produced by violence; not natural; as a violent death.
    All definitions and other forms of “violent”
    1. Acting by violence; assailant; not authorized.
    2. Fierce; vehement; as a violent philippic; a violent remonstrance.
    3. Severe; extreme; as violent pains.
    4. Extorted; not voluntary.

    VI'OLENT, noun

    An assailant. [Not in use.]

      VI'OLENT, verb transitive

      To urge with violence. [Not used.]

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.