Strong’s G972 · Greek
βίαιος
bíaios
Definition
violent
Etymology
from G970 (βία);
Where the KJV renders it
- mighty
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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