Word Study · Strong's G4084 · Greek
πιάζω
piazo
pee-ad'-zo
Strong's 1890 spelling: piázō
“to squeeze, i.e. seize (gently by the hand (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture))”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to squeeze, i.e. seize (gently by the hand (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture))
Rendered in the KJV as
apprehend, catch, lay hand on, take.
- 12occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- πιάσαι2
- πιάσας2
- πιάσωσιν2
- ἐπίασαν1
- ἐπιάσατε1
- ἐπίασεν1
- ἐπιάσθη1
- πιάσαι,1
- πιάσαι·1
How it is rendered · 10
- they may seize2
- to seize2
- having seized1
- having taken1
- seized1
- they caught1
- to seize;1
- to take,1
- was captured1
- you have caught1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)4
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 2nd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAN · 4
- V-AAP-NSM · 2
- V-AAS-3P · 2
- V-AAI-2P · 1
- V-AAI-3P · 1
- V-AAI-3S · 1
- V-API-3S · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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John8 occurrences
- John 7:30πιάσαι,piasaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.here: to take,
- John 7:32πιάσωσινpiasōsinverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluralWhen the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.here: they may seize
- John 7:44πιάσαιpiasaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.here: to seize
- John 8:20ἐπίασενepiasenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularHe spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.here: seized
- John 10:39πιάσαι·piasaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.here: to seize;
- John 11:57πιάσωσινpiasōsinverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluralBut the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.here: they may seize
- John 21:3ἐπίασανepiasanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralSimon 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.here: they caught
- John 21:10ἐπιάσατεepiasateverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 2nd person pluralJesus told them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”here: you have caught
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 3:7πιάσαςpiasasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularTaking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.here: having taken
- Acts 12:4πιάσαςpiasasverb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularHe 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.here: having seized