{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G971",
  "lemma": "βιάζω",
  "transliteration": "biázō",
  "definition": "to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized",
  "kjv": "press, suffer violence",
  "occurrences": 14,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G979",
      "lemma": "βίος",
      "transliteration": "bíos",
      "meaning": "life",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G979"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 11:12",
      "text": "From the days of Yochanan the Immerser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 16:16",
      "text": "“The Torah and the Prophets were until Yochanan. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 4:26",
      "text": "Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/4?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 14:41",
      "text": "But when the troops were at the point of taking the tower, and were forcing the door of the court, and asked for fire…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/14?v=41"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 2:8",
      "text": "Therefore, a man who regulates his course by the law, even if he is a lover of money, immediately puts pressure on his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 11:25",
      "text": "For isn’t your inability to overrule our reasoning, and to compel us to eat the unclean, your destruction?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/11?v=25"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G971",
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
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  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
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