Word

πιάζω

piázō · G4084 · Greek · 12 occurrences

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Meanings

to take hold of, to seize, to catch, to grasp firmly

To take hold of firmly and with a considerable measure of force

Examples
John 21:3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We are also coming with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.
John 21:10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.”
Acts 3:7 And grasping him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.
to seize, to arrest

To take a person into custody for alleged illegal activity

Examples
John 7:30 So they were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 7:32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Him.
John 7:44 And some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

12 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 4
Not stated: they 3
Not stated (participle) 2
θηρίονbeast, wild animal 1
οὐδείςno one 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

11 occurrences in 4 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 7
ὅςwho, which, that 2
ἐγώI, we 1
οὐδείςno one 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin+ νύξnight 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

καίand 1
νῦνnow 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ὀψάριονfish 1

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ζητέωto seek, to look for 2
θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

κρατέω kratéō · G2902 · to hold on to, to retain in the hand, to seize: πιάζω and κρατέω both denote physically seizing or apprehending someone or something. πιάζω emphasizes the use of strength to grasp and retain, while κρατέω has a broader range covering both physical grasping and arrest; the two converge specifically in the sense of seizing or taking into custody.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To take hold of, to seize, to catch, to grasp firmly18.3: πιάζω describes physically taking hold of a person or object. Luke's account of the healing at the temple gate records Peter's action: “And grasping him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened” (Acts 3:7, where πιάζω is rendered “grasping”).
To seize, to arrest37.110: The same verb can describe an official or hostile seizure of a person. John records the crowd's response to Jesus at the Feast of Dedication: “Therefore they were seeking again to arrest Him, and He eluded their grasp” (John 10:39, where πιάζω is rendered “to arrest”).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πιάζωpiázō · G4084πιέζω piézō · G4085 · to press down · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (Doric for πιέζω, cf. Buttmann, 66 (58)): 1 aorist ἐπίασα; 1 aorist passive ἐπιασθην; 1.…

(Doric for πιέζω, cf. Buttmann, 66 (58)): 1 aorist ἐπίασα; 1 aorist passive ἐπιασθην;
1. to lay hold of: τινα τῆς χειρός, Acts 3:7 (Theocritus, 4, 35).
2. to take, capture: fishes, Jn 21:3, Jn 21:10; θηρίον, passive, Rev 19:20 (Song of Solomon 2:15). to take i. e. apprehend: a man, in order to imprison him, Jn 7:30, Jn 7:32, Jn 7:44; Jn 8:20; Jn 10:39; Jn 11:57; Acts 12:4; 2 Cor 11:32. (Compare: ὑποπιάζω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Grasp, Hold4 occurrences Seize, Take into Custody8 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0