Original Word: βιαστής
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: biastés
Pronunciation: bee-as-tace'
Phonetic Spelling: (bee-as-tace')
KJV: violent
NASB: violent men
Word Origin: [from G971 (βιάζω - forcing his way)]

1. a forcer
2. (figuratively) energetic

violent.

From biazo; a forcer, i.e. (figuratively) energetic -- violent.

see GREEK biazo

Cognate: 973 biastḗs – positive assertiveness; used of the believer living in faith ("God's inworked persuasions") guiding and empowering them to act forcefully – i.e. "fired up" by God to act by His revelation. It is used only in Mt 11:12. See 971 (biazō).

Word Origin
from biazó
Definition
a violent man
NASB Translation
violent men (1).

STRONGS NT 973: βιαστής

βιαστής, βιαστου, ὁ (biazoo]);

1. strong, forceful: Pindar Ol. 9, 114 (75); Pythagoras 4, 420 (236; but Pindar only uses the form βιατας, so others).

2. using force, violent: Philo, agric. § 19. In Matthew 11:12 those are called βιασταί by whom the kingdom of God βιάζεται, i. e. who strive to obtain its privileges with the utmost eagerness and effort.

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