Strong's Greek · G4084

πιάζω

piázō

apprehend, catch, lay hand on, take

Definition

to squeeze, i.e. seize (gently by the hand (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture))

Derivation

probably another form of G971 (βιάζω);

Appears 12 times in Scripture

John 7:44

Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

Acts 3:7

Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

John 10:39

At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

John 8:20

He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

Acts 12:4

He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

John 7:30

So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

John 7:32

When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

John 21:3

Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.

John 21:10

Jesus told them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”

John 11:57

But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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