Greek verb · G4084
πιάζω
piazopee-ad'-zo
to lay hold of; to take, capture, apprehend
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: piázō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4084is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4084
to squeeze, i.e. seize (gently by the hand (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture))
The King James renders it: apprehend, catch, lay hand on, take.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
piazo is rendered "to lay hold of; to take, capture, apprehend". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Eight of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to lay hold of".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 7:30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 7:30πιάσαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's twelve uses are in John.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to lay hold of, and to take, capture, apprehend.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to lay hold ofAct.3:7 (Theocr.). | Tagged as
| WhereActs 3:7Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up… |
| to take, capture, apprehendJhn.7:30, 32 7:44 8:20 10:39 11:57 21:3, 10 Act.12:4, 2Co.11:32, Rev.19:20 (see MM, xx).† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 7:30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πιάσαι4
- πιάσας2
- πιάσωσιν2
- ἐπίασαν1
- ἐπιάσατε1
- ἐπίασεν1
- ἐπιάσθη1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural2V-AAS-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AAI-2P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
John
eight uses
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- πιάσαιpiasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to take
When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
- πιάσωσινpiasosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may seize
Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
- πιάσαιpiasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seize
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.
- ἐπίασενepiasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: seized
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
- πιάσαιpiasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seize
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.
- πιάσωσινpiasosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may seize
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.
- ἐπίασανepiasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they caught
Jesus told them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”
- ἐπιάσατεepiasateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have caught
Acts
two uses
Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
- πιάσαςpiasasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken
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.
- πιάσαςpiasasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having seized
2 Corinthians
one use
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
- πιάσαιpiasaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to seize
Revelation
one use
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.
- ἐπιάσθηepiastheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was captured
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.