to force

Greek Verb

βιάζω (βία), and depon. -ομαι, [in LXX for פּרץ, פּצר, etc;] to force, constrain, rare in active (poet, and late prose), but found in cl. in pass, and so perh. βιάζεται, suffereth violence, Mat.11:12, EV (but see infr.), whether (a) in good sense, of disciples (Thayer, al.), or (b) in bad sense, of the enemies of the kingdom (Meyer, in l; Dalman, Words, 139ff; Cremer, 141ff.). Mid, advanceth violently, Mt, l.with (Deiss, BS, 258; Banks, see ref. in DCG, ii, 803f.); before εἰς, to press violently, or force one's way into, Luk.16:16 (see ICC, in l, and in Mt, l.with; cf. παραβιάζομαι and see MM, see word). (AS)

to force

Greek Verb

βῐάζω, constrain, active once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] if they used force, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future βιασθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ἐβιάσθην, perfect βεβίασμαι (see. below):—to be hard pressed or overpowered, βελέεσσι βιάζεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βιάζετο γὰρ βελ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be forced or constrained to do, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀδικεῖσθαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; βεβιασμένοι forcibly made slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλεις βεβ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ βιασθέν those who are forced, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of things, τοὔνειδος ὀργῇ βιασθέν forced from one by anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ βεβιασμένον forced to fit a hypothesis, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βεβ. σχήματα forced figures of speech, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 2) active, make good, suffice to discharge a debt, [Refs] II) more frequently βιάζομαι, aorist middle ἐβιασάμην, perfect βεβίασμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—overpower by force, press hard, ἦ μάλα δή σε βιάζεται ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; β. τοὺς πολεμίους dislodge them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. νόμους to do them violence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βιασάμενος ταῦτα πάντα having broken through all these restraints, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. γυναῖκα force her, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πείθειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. αὑτόν lay violent hands on oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. τινά, with infinitive, force one to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί με βιάζεσθε λέγει; [Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive omitted, β. τὰ σφάγια force the victims [to be favourable], [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) with accusative of things, carry by force, βιάσασθαι τὸν ἔκπλουν force an exit, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) absolutely, act with violence, use force, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to δικάζομαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. διὰ φυλάκων force one's way, [Refs]; β. ἐς τὸ ἔξω, β. εἴσω,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, β. πρὸς τὸν λόφον ἐλθεῖν [Refs]; βιαζόμενοι βλάπτειν using every effort to hurt me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but βιαζόμενοιμὴ ἀποδιδόναι refusing with violence to repay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, ἵνα βιασάμενοι ἐκπλεύσωσι may sail out by forcing their way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ἔτι β. (of a famine) grow worse and worse, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) contend or argue vehemently, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, persist in assertion, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized; press, suffer violence; from g979 (βίος)