βίος [ ῐ], ὁ,
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1. life, i. e. not animal life (ζωή), but mode of life (cf. εἰ χρόνον τις λέγοι ψυχῆς ἐν κινήσει μετα βατικῇ ἐξ ἄλλου εἰς ἄλλον βίον ζωὴν εἶναι Plot. 3.7.11), manner of living (mostly therefore of men, v. Ammon. p.32 V.; but also of animals, διεχώριζον ζῴων τε βίον δένδρων τε φύσιν Epicr. 11.14, cf. X. Mem. 3.11.6, etc.; also ζῆν φυτοῦ βίον Arist. GA 736b13); ζώεις δ’ ἀγαθὸν βίον Od. 15.491; ἐμὸν βίον ἀμφιπολεύειν 18.254; αἰῶνα βίοιο Hes. Fr. 161; τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον A. Pr. 537 (lyr.); ὁ καθ’ ἡμέραν β. S. OC 1364; βίον διαγαγεῖν Ar. Pax 439; τελεῖν S. Ant. 1114; διατελεῖν Isoc. 6.45; διέρχεσθαι βίου τέλος dub.in Pi. I. 4(3).5; τελευτᾶν Isoc. 4.84; ὑπ’ ἄλλου τελευτῆσαι β. Pl. Lg. 870e; ἐπειδὰν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου τελευτήσω X. Cyr. 8.7.17; τέρμα βίου περᾶν S. OT 1530; ὁδὸς βίου Isoc. 1.5, cf. X. Mem. 2.1.21; διὰ βίου Arist. Pol. 1272a37; prov., ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίος ’the Golden Age’, Id. Ath. 16.7; so Ταρτησσοῦ β. Him. [Ecc 10:11]; β. ζωῆς Pl. Epin. 982a (cf. βιοτή) ; ζῆν θαλάττιον β. Antiph. 100; ἀμέριμνον ζῆν β. Philem. 92.8; λαγὼ β. ζῆν δεδιὼς καὶ τρέμων D. 18.263; σκληρὸς τῷ β. Men. Georg. 66: rarely in pl., Alex. 116.6 and 11, Men. 855; τίνες καὶ πόσοι εἰσὶ β.; Pl. Lg. 733d, cf. Arist. EN 1095b15, Pol. 1256a20.
2. in Poets sts. = ζωή, βίον ἐκπνέων A. Ag. 1517 (lyr.); ἀποψύχειν S. Aj. 1031; φείδεσθαι βίου Id. Ph. 749; νοσφίζειν τινὰ βίου ib. 1427, etc.
3. lifetime, ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα ἀνθρώπων β. Hdt. 6.109; τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ σοῦ β. γεγονότων λόγων Pl. Phdr. 242a, cf. PMagd. 18.7 (iii B. C.), etc.
II livelihood, means of living (in Hom. βίοτος), βίος ἐπηετανός Hes. Op. 31, Pi. N. 6.10; τὸν βίον κτᾶσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν ἀπό τινος, to make one’s living off, to live by a thing, Hdt. 8.106, Th. 1.5, X. Oec. 6.11; ἀπεστέρηκας τὸν βίον τὰ τόξ’ ἑλών S. Ph. 931, cf. 933, 1282; κτᾶσθαι πλοῦτον καὶ βίον τέκνοις E. Supp. 450; πλείον’ ἐκμοχθεῖν β. ib. 451; β. πολύς ib. 861; ὀλίγος Ar. Pl. 751; βίον κεκτημένος Philem. 99.4; ὁ ῐδιος β. private property, AJA 17.29 (i B. C.), cf. SIG 762.40, Iamb. VP 30.170; β. Δημήτριος, = corn, A. Fr. 44.
III the world we live in, ’the world’, οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β., opp. the philosophers, S.E. M. 11.49; simply ὁ βίος Id. P. 1.211; ὁ β. ὁ κοινός ib. 237; μυθικὰς ὑποθέσεις ὧν μεστὸς ὁ β. ἐστί Ph. 1.226; ἐκκαθαίρειν τὸν β., of Hercules, Luc. DDeor. 13.1; τὸν βίον μιμούμενοι, of comic poets, Sch. Heph. p.115C.; also, ’the public’, ἵνα ὁ β. εἰδῇ τίνα δεῖ μετακαλεῖσθαι Sor. 1.4. settled life, almost, = abode, ἐν τῇ Θρᾳκίᾳ νήσῳ βίους ἱδρύσαντο D.H. 1.68, cf. 72. a life, biography, as those of Plu., Thes. 1, cf. Ph. 2.180. caste, διεῖλε τὸ πλῆθος εἰς τέτταρας β. Str. 8.7.1. wine made from partly dried unripe grapes, Plin. HN 14.77. Astrol., the second region, Paul.Al. L. 2. (Cf. Skt. jîv´s ’alive’, j[imacracute]vati ’live’, Lat. uîvus, etc.)
G979 — βίος
βίου, ὁ (from Homer down);
a. life extensively, i. e. the period or course of life (see below and Trench, § xxvii.): [Luk 8:14]; [1Ti 2:2]; [2Ti 2:4]; [1Jo 2:16]; [1Pe 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): [Mar 12:44]; [Luk 8:43] (WH omits; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); [Luk 15:12], [Luk 15:30]; [Luk 21:4]; [1Jo 3:17] (goods). (For לֶחֶם in [Pro 31:14] (Prov. 29:32>).)
βίος , - ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3117;]
1. period or course of life, life: [Luk 8:14], 1Ti 2:2 , [2Ti 2:4], [1Jn 2:16].
2. living, livelihood, means (in [Pro 31:14] for H3899; v. DCG, ii, 39a): [Mar 12:44], [Luk 8:43]; [Luk 15:12]; [Luk 15:30]; [Luk 21:4], [1Jn 3:17]. †
SYN.: ζωή G2222, is life intensive, "vita quâ vivimus," the vital principle; βίος , life extensive, "vita quam vivimus,"
(1) the period of life,
(2) the means by which it is sustained. Hence, in cl ., ζ ., being confined to the physical life common to men and animals, is the inferior word ( cf. zoology, biography). In NT, ζωή is elevated into the ethical and spiritual sphere ( cf. Tr., Syn. , § xxvii).