Quick Definition
strong, violent
Strong's Definition
violent
Derivation: from G970 (βία);
KJV Usage: mighty
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βίαιος, βιαια, βίαιον (βία), violent, forcible: Act_2:2 (A. V. mighty). (In Greek writings from Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βίαιος biaios 1x
violent, strong, Act_2:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βίαιος , -α , -ον
( < βία ),
[in LXX for H6064, H5794 , H6862 , etc.;]
violent: Act_2:2 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βίαιος [page 110]
BGU I. 45 .10 (A.D. 203) ἀνὴρ βίαιος ὑπάρχων μὴ λειτουργῶν , τῇ βίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐπῆλθεν αὐτῷ . P Leid W vii. 27 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐλεήμων ἐν ὥραις βιαίος (for -αις , or -οις ). Cagnat IV. 351 .31 has ἔργου βιαίου in a fragmentary context, in a rescript of Hadrian at Pergamum. The adj. occurs several times in Vettius Valens, who also has the compound βιαιοθάνατος , and derivatives -τέω and -σία . For the adverb, which is commoner, see P Par 14 .22 ἐνοικοῦσιν βιαίως of those who forcibly take possession of a house, and cf. BGU II. 467 .9 (ii/A.D.) βιαίως ἀπέσπασεν [τ ]ο̣υ̣̣ς καμή [λο ]υς ib. 648 .9 (A.D. 164 or 196) (= Chrest. I. p. 423) βιαίως ἀντι [λ ]αμβάνονται τ [ο ]ῦ πατρικοῦ μου μέρους ; and OGIS 609 .10 (iii/A.D.) ἐάν τις ὑμῖν ἐπιδημήσῃ βιαίως στρατιώτης . The comparative βιαιότερον is found P Lond 301 .18 (B.C. 116 11) (= II. p. 14) βιαιότερον ἐμβατ [εύ ]σ [α ]ς εἰς τὸ δη [λούμενο ]ν ἔδα̣φος .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
βίαιος [Etym: βία] "forcible, violent", ἔργα βίαια Od. ; β. θάνατος a "violent" death, Hdt. , Plat. , etc.; ὁ πόλεμος β. διδάσκαλος is a teacher "of violence", Thuc. :—adv., βιαίως "by force, perforce", Od. , Aesch. , etc.; so, πρὸς τὸ βίαιον id=Aesch. pass. "constrained, compulsory", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
βίαιος, -α, -ον
(βία), [in LXX for אָנַשׁ, עַז, צַר, etc. ;]
violent: Act.2:2.†
(AS)