STRONGS G979:
βίος,
-ου,
ὁ, [from Homer down];
a. life extensively,
i. e. the period or course of life [see below and Trench, § xxvii.]:
Luke 8:14;
1 Timothy 2:2;
2 Timothy 2:4;
1 John 2:16;
1 Peter 4:3 [
Rec.].
b. (as often in Greek writings from Hesiod, Works, 230, 575; Herodotus, Xenophon) that by which life is sustained,
resources, wealth [A. V. living]:
Mark 12:44;
Luke 8:43 [WH omits; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause];
Luke 15:12,
30;
Luke 21:4;
1 John 3:17 [
goods]. (For
לֶחֶם in
Proverbs 31:14 (Prov. 29:32).)
[Synonyms:
βίος,
ζωή:
ζ.
existence (having death as its antithesis);
β. the period, means, manner, of existence. Hence the former is more naturally used of animals, the latter of men; cf. zoology, biography.
N. T. usage exalts
ζωή, and so tends to debase
βίος. But see Bp.
Lightfoot Ign. ad
Romans 7.]
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