Lexical Summary bios: life, living Original Word: βίοςTransliteration: bios Phonetic Spelling: (bee'-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: life, living Meaning: life, living Strong's Concordance life, living. A primary word; life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood -- good, life, living. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 979: βίοςβίος, βίου, 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 |