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— G0971 G0971 = G0971 βιάζω biazō G:V to force 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, Mt 11:12, EV (but see infr.), whether (a) in good sense, of disciples (Thayer, itd.), 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, zob. ref. in DCG, ii, 803f.); before εἰς, to press violently, or force one's way into, Łk 16:16 (zob. ICC, in l., and in Mt, l.with; cf. παραβιάζομαι and see MM, zob. word).† (AS)