πιάζω piázō

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: apprehend, catch, lay hand on, take

Derivation: probably another form of G971 (βιάζω);

Where it is used

• 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 7:44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
• 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.
• John 10:39 At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
• 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.
• 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.”
• 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.
• 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.
• 2 Corinthians 11:32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
• Revelation 19:20 But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.