crowd oneself (into)

, , rare in act. (poet, and late prose), but found in cl. in pass., and so perh. , , , EV (but v. infr.), whether to force constrain suffereth violence βιάζεται Mt 11:12 in good sense, of disciples (Thayer, al.), or in bad sense, of the enemies of the kingdom (Meyer, in l.; Dalman, , 139 ff.; Cremer, 141 ff.). Mid., , (Deiss., ., 258; Banks, v. ref. in , ii, 803 f.); seq. , , or , (v. , in l., and in ; cf. and v. MM, s.v.).† Words BS DCG ICC advanceth violently to press violently force one's way into Mt 11:12 Lk 16:16 Mt 11:12 παραβιάζομαι εἰς

to force

(a) mid: I use force, force my way, come forward violently, (b) pass: I am forcibly treated, suffer violence.

to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized

press, suffer violence