piazō · seize, catch

What it means

piazō (πιάζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “seize, catch”.

Seize, take hold of, arrest; catch (fish).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To catch someone, or take them by the hand.
2. To take fish out of the water with a net.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• seize ×6
• seized ×2
• taking ×1
• they caught ×1
• was captured ×1
• you have caught ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• John×8
• Acts×2
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Revelation×1

• John 7:30

  So they were seeking to seize him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

• John 7:32

  The Pharisees heard the crowd grumbling these things about him, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him.

• John 7:44

  And some of them wanted to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

• John 8:20

  He spoke these words in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

• John 10:39

  So they were seeking again to seize him, and he escaped from their hands.

• John 11:57

  Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might seize him.

• John 21:3

  Simon Peter says to them, “I am going fishing.” They say to him, “We also are coming with you.” They went out and got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.

• John 21:10

  Jesus says to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have caught now.”

• Acts 3:7

  And taking him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong,

• Acts 12:4

  When he had seized him, he also put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of four soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

• 2 Corinthians 11:32

  In Damascus the governor of King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes to seize me,

• Revelation 19:20

  And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who performed the signs in its presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.