What does βιαστής (biastḗs) mean in the Bible?
βιαστής (biastḗs): One who seizes the kingdom of God with forceful determination, not timid passivity.
Greek · G973
βιαστής
Forceful person
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βιαστήςG973
Pronunciationbiastḗs
What does βιαστής (biastḗs) mean in the Bible?
βιαστής (biastḗs): One who seizes the kingdom of God with forceful determination, not timid passivity.
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How does the BSB render G973?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [the] violent (1).
Where does βιαστής (biastḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] violent1×Matthew 11:12
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First aligned rowMatthew 11:12
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Matthew1
Source forms
βιασταὶ1xbiastaiMatthew 11:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 11:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who seizes the kingdom of God with forceful determination, not timid passivity.
Strong'sG973
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
forceful person
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:12Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
βιασταὶbiastai
a forceful, violent man
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 11:121×
Word Origins
βιαστής is built from this root: