Acts 24:7:8Acts.24.7.W8TAB
βίας
bias
“force”
- Transliteration
- BI-as
- Extended
- BEE-ahs
- IPA
- /ˈbi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- force
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
BI-as
- sentence
pa-rel-THÔN de ly-SI-as ho khi-li-AR-khos me-TA pol-LÊS BI-as ek tôn khei-RÔN hê-MON a-PÊ-ga-gen
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meta polles bias {μετὰ πολλῆς βίας | me-tá pol-lê:s bí-as} “with great violence” intensifies the action, while the genitive phrase ek tōn kheirōn hēmōn {ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν | ek tôn khei-rô:n hē-mô:n} “from our hands” marks the transfer of custody.
Root and etymology
βιάζομαιbi-á-zo-mai
“to use force”
In context — Acts 24:7
But Lysias the commander came on the scene and, with much violence , took him away from our hands.
About this coordinate
Acts 24:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 24:7, so the Greek word βίας (bias) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.24.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.7.W8.S1) and character.