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G0980

βιόω

bioōG:V

to live

βιόω, -ῶ (βίος), [in LXX: Pro.7:2 9:6 (חיה), Job.29:18, Wis.4:4 א 1, 12:23, Sir.40:28, 4Ma.5:22 17:18 * ;] to spend life, to live: τ. χρόνον βιῶσαι (cl., more frequently 2 aor., -ναι), 1Pe.4:2 (cf. Jb, l.with).† SYN.: ζάω (which see). (AS)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

βιόω — bióō

βιόω, βίῳ: 1 aorist infinitive βιῶσαι; for which in Attic the 2 aorist infinitive βιωναι is more common, cf. Winers Grammar, 84 (80); (Buttmann, 54 (48); Veitch, or Liddell and Scott, under the word); (βίος); (from Homer down); to spend life, to live: τόν χρόνον, to pass the time, 1Pe 4:2; (Job 29:18; ἡμέρας, Xenophon, mem. 4, 8, 2). (Synonym: see βίος, at the end.)

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