Words the Bible translates as seize
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 15 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- laqaḥלָקַחto take: to lay hold of someone or something and bring it into your hand, your possession, or your keeping
- ḥazaqחָזַקto be firm or strong, and so to make firm: to grow strong, prevail, take courage, strengthen, repair, grip, hold fast, or harden
- krateōκρατέωto take hold of: lay hands on a person or thing and grasp it
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- to hold fast: keep a firm grip on something so as not to let it go
- to hold in one's power: keep something in a grip it cannot break free of
- sullambanōσυλλαμβάνωto seize: to lay hold of and capture a person or a catch
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- to conceive: to become pregnant with a child
- to help: to take hold alongside someone and share their work
- lakhadלָכַדto seize and take control of someone or something, by force or as if caught in a trap
- epiballōἐπιβάλλωto throw or lay something onto something; to lay hands on a person, that is, to seize or arrest
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- (without an object) to come upon or fall to: of waves, to beat over something; of a share, to fall to someone as their due
- epilambanōἐπιλαμβάνωto take hold of: to reach out and grasp a person or thing, usually by the hand, taking it into one's grip
- aḥazאָחַזto grasp: to close the hand on something and hold it fast
- taphasתָּפַשׂto lay hold of: to grip something or someone firmly, often by force, so as to take, seize, or hold it fast
- sunechōσυνέχωto hold together or press in from every side: to hold shut, hem in, grip, or drive onward
- harpazōἁρπάζωto seize suddenly and by force: to snatch, grab, or carry someone or something off
- piazōπιάζωto get hold of someone or something so it cannot get away: to grip, seize, or catch
- sunarpazōσυναρπάζωto seizenot studied yet
- qamatקָמַטto seizenot studied yet
- ḥataphחָתַףto seizenot studied yet
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