Lexical Definition

‎βίος‎ bíos (bee'-os) life G:N-M
a primary word

good, life, living.

Usage: 5 forms in 33 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
πλούτον wealth LXX.Prov.31.14
βίω existence LXX.Job.12.12
βίου life 2Tim.2.4
of existence LXX.Prov.3.2 • LXX.Prov.3.16 • LXX.Prov.16.17
of his existence LXX.Job.14.14
of life LXX.Prov.4.10 • Luke.8.14 • 1Pet.4.3 • 1John.2.16
of my existence LXX.Job.10.20
βίοσ existence LXX.Job.7.1 • LXX.Job.8.9 • LXX.Job.15.20
his existence LXX.Job.14.5
livelihood LXX.Job.7.16
my existence LXX.Job.7.6 • LXX.Job.9.25
your existence LXX.Job.10.5
βίον existence LXX.Job.14.6
goods 1John.3.17
his livelihood LXX.Song.8.7
life 1Tim.2.2
livelihood LXX.Prov.5.9 • LXX.Prov.31.3 • LXX.Prov.31.12 • Mark.12.44 • Luke.21.4
living Luke.8.43 • Luke.15.30
property Luke.15.12
their existence LXX.Job.21.13

Abbott-Smith

βίος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for יָמִים;]
1. period or course of life, life: Lk 8:14, I Ti 2:2, II Ti 2:4, I Jo 2:16.
2. living, livelihood, means (in Pr 31:14 for לֶחֶם; v. DCG, ii, 39a): Mk 12:44, Lk 8:43 15:12, 30 21:4, I Jo 3:17.†
SYN.: ζωή, is life intensive, "vita quâ vivimus," the vital principle; βίος, life extensive, "vita quam vivimus," (1) the period of life, (2) the means by which it is sustained. Hence, in cl., ζ., being confined to the physical life common to men and animals, is the inferior word (cf. zoology, biography). In NT, ζωή is elevated into the ethical and spiritual sphere (cf. Tr., Syn., § xxvii).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Proverbs 31:14
Mark 12:44
Luke 8:14 · 8:43 · 15:12 · 15:30 · 21:4
1 Timothy 2:2
2 Timothy 2:4
1 John 2:16 · 3:17

Liddell-Scott-Jones

βίος[ῐ], ὁ,

life, i. e. not animal life (ζωή), but mode of life [Refs 3rd c.AD+], manner of living (mostly therefore of men, see [Refs 5th c.AD+]; but also of animals, διεχώριζον ζῴων τε βίον δένδρων τε φύσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; διέρχεσθαι βίου τέλος uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; proverbial, ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίος 'the Golden Age', [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in plural, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τίνες καὶ πόσοι εἰσὶ β.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 in Poets sometimes ={ζωή}, βίον ἐκπνέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 lifetime, ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα ἀνθρώπων β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II livelihood, means of living (in [βίος ἐπηετανός 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 31, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.10 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν βίον κτᾶσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν ἀπό τινος, to make one's living off, to live by a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. πολύς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ῐδιος β. private property, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; β. Δημήτριος, = corn, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III the world we live in, 'the world', οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β., opposed to the philosophers, [βίος [prev. author] “P.” 1.211 ">Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὁ β. ὁ κοινός[Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐκκαθαίρειν τὸν β., of Hercules, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also, 'the public', ἵνα ὁ β. εἰδῇ τίνα δεῖ μετακαλεῖσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV settled life, almost, = abode, ἐν τῇ Θρᾳκίᾳ νήσῳ βίους ἱδρύσαντο [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__V a life, biography, as those of [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VI caste, διεῖλε τὸ πλῆθος εἰς τέτταρας β. [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__VII wine made from partly dried unripe grapes, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VIII Astrology texts, the second region, [Refs 4th c.AD+] (Cf. Sanskrit jīv´s 'alive', j[imacracute]vati 'live', Latin uīvus, etc.)