# G971 βιάζω

βιάζω (biázō), Strong’s G971: to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized KJV: press, suffer violence. Occurs 14 times.

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*biázō* — to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized

KJV: press, suffer violence

Derived from [βίος bíos](https://besorah.bible/word/G979) (life)

Occurs 14 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 11:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=12) — From the days of Yochanan the Immerser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by…
- [Luke 16:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=16) — “The Torah and the Prophets were until Yochanan. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and…
- [Sirach 4:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/4?v=26) — Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.
- [2 Maccabees 14:41](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/14?v=41) — But when the troops were at the point of taking the tower, and were forcing the door of the court, and asked for fire…
- [4 Maccabees 2:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/2?v=8) — Therefore, a man who regulates his course by the law, even if he is a lover of money, immediately puts pressure on his…
- [4 Maccabees 11:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/11?v=25) — For isn’t your inability to overrule our reasoning, and to compel us to eat the unclean, your destruction?