force

Greek Noun Female

βία, -ας, ἡ, [in LXX for פֶּרֶךְ, etc;] strength, force, violence: Act.5:26 21:35 24:7 27:41. (AS)

force

Greek Noun Female

βία, Ionic dialect βίη [ῐ], ἡ: Epic dialect dative βίηφι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—bodily strength, force, [Refs 8th c.BC+], periphrastic of strong men, βίη Ἡρακληείη [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle masculine πέρσας follows, compare [Refs]; βίη Ἐτεοκληείη, Ἰφικλείη,[Refs 8th c.BC+]: so in Lyric poetry and Trag, Πέλοπος βία [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Τυδέως βία, Πολυνείκους β, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θήρειος β, ={Κένταυροι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) personified, Κράτος Βία τε [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) of the mind, οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσίν [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3.b) of an argument, βίαν οὐκ ἔχειν πρὸς [τὸ] ἀποδειξαι [Refs 1st c.BC+] II) act of violence, ὕβρις τε βίη τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: mostly in plural, κείνων γε βίας ἀποτείσεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) βίᾳ τινός against one's will, in spite of him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. alone as adverb, perforce, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to κατὰ φύσιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἑκών, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Zeus, εὐμενεῖ βία κτίσας [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) in Attic dialect law, rape, βίας δίκη [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) = Latin vis, βίας γραφή D C.37.31, compare 33; μαρτύρομαι τὴν βίαν [Refs 3rd c.AD+]. (Cf. Sanskrit jyā´ jiyā´ 'preponderating power', jināti 'oppress'.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

force; violence; probably akin to g979 (βίος) (through the idea of vital activity)