What does βιωτικός (biōtikós) mean in the Bible?
βιωτικός (biōtikós): Worldly concerns of temporal existence; contrasts with eternal or spiritual matters in NT ethics
Greek · G982
βιωτικός
Relating to the present existence
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βιωτικός G982
Pronunciation biōtikós
What does βιωτικός (biōtikós) mean in the Bible?
βιωτικός (biōtikós): Worldly concerns of temporal existence; contrasts with eternal or spiritual matters in NT ethics
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How does the BSB render G982?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include everyday matters (1), of life (1), the things of this life (1).
Where does βιωτικός (biōtikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 21:34. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), Luke (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 everyday matters 1× 1 Corinthians 6:4
of life 1× Luke 21:34
the things of this life 1× 1 Corinthians 6:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 21:34
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Luke 1 1 Corinthians 2
Source forms
βιωτικά 1x biōtika 1 Corinthians 6:3
Βιωτικὰ 1x Biōtika 1 Corinthians 6:4
βιωτικαῖς 1x biōtikais Luke 21:34
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x 1 Corinthians 6:3, 1 Corinthians 6:4
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 21:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Worldly concerns of temporal existence; contrasts with eternal or spiritual matters in NT ethics
Strong's G982
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
relating to the present existence
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 21:34 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
βιωτικαῖς, biwtikaiv
belonging to ordinary life
Read verse 1 Corinthians 6:3 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
βιωτικά; biwtika
belonging to ordinary life
Read verse 1 Corinthians 6:4 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
βιωτικὰ biwtika
belonging to ordinary life
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Feminine Luke 21:34 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 6:3 · 1 Cor 6:4 2×
Word Origins
βιωτικός is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain