G979 – bios – βίος – an existence; fig. a livelihood
- Strong’s ID:
- G979
- Greek Word:
- βίος
- Transliteration:
- bios
- Pronunciation:
- bee’-os
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Etymology:
- a primary word
- Comparables:
- G2222, life (i.e., the inward principle of containing life)
- Usage Count:
- 11
- Search:
- Find “bios” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) an existence (i.e., life from an external aspect of having a life)
2) figuratively: a livelihood (i.e., what it takes to continue living)
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
a primary word; life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood:—good, life, living.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) life
1a) life extensively
1a1) the period or course of life
1b) that by which life is sustained, resources, wealth, goods
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.