βιάζω
biázō
“to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
also written as a middle deponent, βιάζομαι, to urge, constrain, overpower by force; to press earnestly forward, to rush, Lk. 16:16; pass. to be an object of a forceful movement, Mt. 11:12*
Translated in KJV as
presssuffer violence
Etymology
from G979 (βίος);
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“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.”