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G982 βιωτικός (biōtikós)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

belonging to ordinary life

Strong's Definition

relating to the present existence

Derivation: from a derivative of G980 (βιόω);

KJV Usage: of (pertaining to, things that pertain to) this life

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βιωτικός, βιωτικη, βιωτικον, pertaining to life and the affairs of this life: Luk_21:34; 1Co_6:3 f. (The word, not used in Attic, first occurs in Aristotle, h. a. 9, 17, 2 (p. 616{b} , 27); χρειαι βιωτικαι is often used, as Polybius 4, 73, 8; Philo, vit. Moys. iii. § 18 at the end; Diodorus 2, 29; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 31. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 354f.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βιωτικός biōtikos 3x pertaining to this life or the things of this life, Luk_21:34 ; 1Co_6:3-4

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* βιωτικός , -ή , -όω ( < βίος ), pertaining to life, hence, worldly ( Field, Notes , 171): Luk_21:34 , 1Co_6:3-4 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

βιωτικός [page 112] P Tebt I. 52 .9 ( c. B.C. 114) has ἕτερα βιοτικὰ σύμβολα , other business documents, a good illustration of the NT passages ( Luk_21:34 , 1Co_6:3 f. ). Still better is P Ryl II. 125 .11 (A.D. 28 9) καὶ ἐμοῦ χωρισθέντος εἰς ἀποδημίαν βιωτ̣[ι ]κῶν χάριν , when I had left home on business concerning my livelihood (Edd.). E. Rohde, Zum griech. Roman , p. 38 f. ( Kleine Schriften II.) has a note on the phrase βιωτικαὶ διηγήσεις , stories of ordinary life, with other phrases from literary Κοινή employing the word. It occurs often in Vettius Valens.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

βιωτικός [Etym: βιόω] "of or pertaining to life", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

βιωτικός, -ή, -όν (βιός), pertaining to life, hence, worldly (Field, Notes, 171): Luk.21:34, 1Co.6:3, 4.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (3)

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