βιάζω

G0971 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 , Mat.11:12 , EV (but see infr.), whether __(a) in good sense, of disciples (Thayer, al.), 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, see ref. in DCG, ii, 803f.); before εἰς, to press violently , or force one's way into , Luk.16:16 (see ICC , in l., and in Mt, l.with; cf. παραβιάζομαι and see MM, see word). † (AS)