Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
βιάζω (G971)
2 βιάζω ( βία ), and depon. -ομαι , [in LXX for פּרץ , פּצר , etc.;] to force , constrain , rare in act. (poet, and late prose), but found in cl. in pass., and so perh. βιάζεται , suffereth violence , Mt 11:12 , EV (but v. infr.), whether in good sense, of disciples (Thayer, al.), or in bad sense, of the enemies of the kingdom (Meyer, in l.; Dalman, Words , 139 ff.; Cremer, 141 ff.). Mid., advanceth violently , Mt 11:12 (Deiss., BS ., 258; Banks, v. ref. in DCG , ii, 803 f.); seq. εἰς , to press violently , or force one's way into , Lk 16:16 (v. ICC , in l., and in Mt 11:12 ; cf. παραβιάζομαι and v. MM, s.v.).†
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