Strong’s G971 · Greek
βιάζω
biázō · bee-ad'-zo
Origin from βίος (G979);
Meaning to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized
In the King James Version press, suffer violence.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
- Luke 16:16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.