# βία (bia)

Strong’s G970. 4 New Testament occurrences.

force, violence, strength.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/bia-g970

## Occurrences

- [Acts 5:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/5/26) — Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
- [Acts 21:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/21/35) — And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
- [Acts 24:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/24/7) — But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
- [Acts 27:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/27/41) — And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken wi…