Lexical Definition

‎βιόω‎ bióō (bee-o'-o) to live ^G:V
from ‎βίος‎

live.

• to spend existence

Abbott-Smith

βιόω, -ῶ (< βίος), [in LXX: Pr 7:2 9:6 (חיה), Jb 29:18, Wi 4:4 א1, 12:23, Si 40:28, IV Mac 5:22 17:18 * ;]
to spend life, to live: τ. χρόνον βιῶσαι (cl., more freq. 2 aor., -ναι), I Pe 4:2 (cf. Jb, l.c.).†
SYN.: ζάω (q.v.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

βιόω, βιοῖ

[Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle βιοῦντες [Refs 4th c.BC+]; subjunctive βιῶσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐβίουν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future βιώσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐβίωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but in earlier writers aorist 2 is more used, ὀβίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular imperative βιώτω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive βιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+], variant for{βιοίη} in [Refs]; infinitive βιῶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle βιούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect βεβίωκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, βιόομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: for aorist middle see at {βιώσκομαι}:— passive, future βιωθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]perfect βεβίωμαι (see. below).—In early writers present and imperfect are mostly supplied by ζάω: [Refs 8th c.BC+] has only aorist 2:—live, pass one's life (opposed to ζάω, live, exist), βέλτερον ἢ ἀπολέσθαι ἕνα χρόνον ἠὲ βιῶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; β. παρανόμως, μετρίως, ἐνδόξως, [Refs 5th c.BC+].. from the very actions of his own life, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, τὰ σοὶ κἀμοὶ βεβιωμένα the actions of our life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πεπραγμένα καὶ βεβ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅ γε βεβιωμένος [βίος] [Refs]; impersonal, βεβίωταί [μοι] I have lived, Latin vixi, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: —middle in active sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 survive, ἐβίω καυθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+] Oracle texts cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]