Life
βίοςStrong’s G0979bios
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Bios is the Greek word usually translated “life”, “livelihood” and “living”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”
Meaning
Usually translated “life”, “livelihood” and “living”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of life 3
- livelihood 2
- living 2
- life 2
- property 1
- goods 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 5
- 1 John 2
- Mark 1
- 1 Timothy 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- 1 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 12:44For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
- Luke 8:14And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
- Luke 8:43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
- Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
- Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
- Luke 21:4For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
Greek dictionary
βίος bios · life
βίος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for יָמִים ;] 1. period or course of life, life: Luk.8:14, 1Ti.2:2, 2Ti.2:4, 1Jn.2:16. 2. living, livelihood, means (in Pro.31:14 for לֶחֶם; see DCG, ii, 39a): Mrk.12:44, Luk.8:43 15:12, 30 21:4, 1Jn.3:17.† …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “life” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIFE, noun
plu lives. [See Live.]
- In a general sense, that state of animals and plants, or of an organized being, in which its natural functions and motions are performed, or in which its organs are capable of performing their functions.
- In animals, animation; vitality; and in man, that state of being in which the soul and body are united.
- In plants, the state in which they grow or are capable of growth, by means of the circulation of the sap.
- The present state of existence; the time from birth to death.“If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable” 1 Corinthians 15:19
All definitions
- Manner of living; conduct; deportment, in regard to morals.
- Condition; course of living, in regard to happiness and misery.
- Blood, the supposed vehicle of animation.
- Animals in general; animal being.
- System of animal nature.
- Spirit; animation; briskness; vivacity; resolution.
- The living form; real person or state; in opposition to a copy; as, a picture is taken from the life; a description from the life
- Exact resemblance; with to, before life
- General state of man, or of social manners; as the studies and arts that polish life
- Condition; rank in society; as high life and low life
- Common occurrences; course of things; human affairs.
- A person; a living being; usually or always, a human being.
- Narrative of a past life; history of the events of life; biographical narration.
- In Scripture, nourishment; support of life“For the tree of the field is man's life” Deuteronomy 20:19
- The stomach or appetite.“His life abhorreth bread” Job 33:20
- The enjoyments or blessings of the present life“Having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come” 1 Timothy 4:8
- Supreme felicity.“To be spiritually minded is life and peace” Romans 8:6
- Eternal happiness in heaven. Romans 5:10
- Restoration to life Romans 5:10
- The author and giver of supreme felicity.“I am the way, the truth, and the life” John 14:6
- A quickening, animating and strengthening principle, in a moral sense. John 6:27
- The state of being in force, or the term for which an instrument has legal operation; as the life of an execution.
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.