24 occurrences

'Seize' in the Bible

And Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Seize and take yourselves lambs for your families, and kill the passover.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambLambsMoses, Significance OfKilling SacrificesOthers SummoningSheep And GoatsThe Elders Gathered

if fire break out, And seize the thorns, And the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall fully make it good.

Verse ConceptsCornAgriculture, RestrictionsFieldsAgriculture, TermsThornsWeedsArsonBurning Plants

When men fight together one with another, and the wife of the one come near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and stretch out her hand, and seize him by his secret parts,

Verse ConceptsGraspingMale GenitalsFighting One AnotherStrugglesmanhood

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of E'phraim, saying, "Come down against the Mid'ianites and seize the waters against them, as far as Beth-bar'ah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of E'phraim were called out, and they seized the waters as far as Beth-bar'ah, and also the Jordan.

and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and seize each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsWives For Benjamin

And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the torrent of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTRivers And StreamsKilling ProphetsRiver KishonProphets Of Other GodsBrooks

That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalGod Is UnchangeableOther Times

Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheSheolNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWhilst Alivenatural DeathHurt And BetrayalLoss Of A Loved Onesurprises

Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentPursuing PeopleGod Abandoning IndividualsNo One Can Save

I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingGodlessnessNationalismTrampling People

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry away her multitude, and seize her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

Verse ConceptsDelicaciesTaking Possessions

to seize a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against a people gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the land.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingArchaeologyThe Middle

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to seize a spoil? hast thou gathered thine assemblage to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize a great spoil?

Verse ConceptsPlunderingTradeAmericaAmerica In Biblical Prophecy

But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and the violent seize on it.

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfKingship, DivinePursuing ViolenceTimes Of PeopleSuffering

and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;

Verse ConceptsCraftinessPlottingArresting ChristChrist Would Be Killed

Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is: seize him.

Verse ConceptsKissing ChristJudas Betraying ChristArresting ChristSigns Attending Christtraitors

In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveSitting To TeachChrist TeachingArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

Now the passover and the feast of unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadChief priestsJudaismScribesTeachers Of The LawCraftinessTwo DaysActing In SecretArresting ChristChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign between them, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; seize him, and lead him away safely.

Verse ConceptsKissing ChristJudas Betraying ChristArresting ChristSigns Attending Christ

I was daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me; but it is that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

Verse ConceptsAccomplishingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingArresting ChristScriptures Fulfilledfulfillment

And a certain young man followed him with a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men seize him;

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristLinenIdentity In Christteenager

Jesus therefore knowing that they were going to come and seize him, that they might make him king, departed again to the mountain himself alone.

Verse ConceptsHumility Of ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleMaking KingsOutward Compulsionmovement

Bible Theasaurus

Appropriate (93 instances)
Assume (14 instances)
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Clutch (1 instance)
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Conquer (50 instances)
Usurp (2 instances)

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נשׁא 
Nasha' 
Usage: 16