Bioo means “live” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H980 — bachurim (“Bahurim”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G980 βιόω (bioo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. bioo (bee-oh'-o) v. 1. to spend bodily existence [from G979] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include live. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
bioo (bee-oh'-o) v. 1. to spend bodily existence [from G979] KJV: live Root(s): G979
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G980. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to live
Usage: βιόω, -ῶ (βίος), [in LXX: Pro.7:2 9:6 (חיה), Job.29:18, Wis.4:4 א 1, 12:23, Sir.40:28, 4Ma.5:22 17:18 * ;] to spend life, to live: τ. χρόνον βιῶσαι (cl., more frequently 2 aor., -ναι), 1Pe.4:2 (cf. Jb, l.with).† SYN.: ζάω (which see). (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render bioo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G980 (βιόω) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; I shall live a long while.
And keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.
Leave folly, that ye may reign forever; And seek wisdom, And improve understanding by knowledge.
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But thou deridest our philosophy, as though we lived irrationally in it.
through which, also, they now stand beside the divine throne, and live a blessed life.
Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, Thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G980.
And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; I shall live a long while.
And keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.
Leave folly, that ye may reign forever; And seek wisdom, And improve understanding by knowledge.
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
But thou deridest our philosophy, as though we lived irrationally in it.
through which, also, they now stand beside the divine throne, and live a blessed life.
Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, Thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.
My son, lead not a beggar’s life; For better it is to die than to beg.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G980, grouped by book.
Bioo (Strong's G980) is a Greek word most simply glossed "live". bioo (bee-oh'-o) v. 1. to spend bodily existence [from G979]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G980 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G980 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as live. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G980, with linked reader references where each row is available.