17 occurrences in 9 translations

'Seizes' in the Bible

But if the man encounters an engaged woman in the open country, and he seizes and rapes her, only the man who raped her must die.

Verse ConceptsCapital Punishment

"However, if a man meets a girl who isn't engaged to be married, and he seizes her, rapes her, and is later found out,

Verse ConceptsRapeLaws Of Sexual UnionYoung MarriageMarriage Kjvvirginity

"If two men are fighting together, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the grasp of his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes his genitals,

Verse ConceptsGraspingMale GenitalsFighting One AnotherStrugglesmanhood

A trap catches him by the heel;a noose seizes him.

Verse ConceptsHeels

And when I think of [it], I am horrified, and shuddering seizes my flesh.

Verse ConceptsBodyIndividuals Trembling

He seizes my clothing with {great power}; he grasps me by my tunic's collar.

Verse ConceptsGod Is JustChokingCreatures Choked

where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it?

Verse ConceptsThe Wicked Will PerishThe End Of The WorldThe Earth

he lurks in secret like a lion in a thicket.He lurks in order to seize the afflicted;he seizes the afflicted and drags him in his net.

Verse ConceptsLionsNetsMan TrappingLike Creaturesrehabilitation

So she seizes him and kisses himAnd with a brazen face she says to him:

Verse ConceptsEvil KissingKissing

Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;It growls as it seizes the preyAnd carries it off with no one to deliver it.

Verse ConceptsHunting

The sinners in Zion are afraid;trembling seizes the ungodly:“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”

Verse ConceptsEternal DeathGuilt, Human Aspects OfHell, Punishment OfHell, Description OfPunishment, By GodSinnersUngodlinessGuilty FearTerror Of God

Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol's; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofdissatisfactionAmbition, Warnings RegardingGrave, TheSatisfactionWorldly AmbitionCovetousness, Nature ofAlcohol ConsumptionEffect Of WineDealing With The NationsThe Fact Of Death

Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”

Verse Conceptsdriving outBitingTeethGnashing Of TeethThrowing PeoplePeople Casting Out DemonsConvulsionsHardnessFoamsThe Disciples ActionsUnable To Expel

Often a spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; wounding him, it hardly ever leaves him.

Verse ConceptsBruisesevil, origins ofSpiritsConvulsionsFoamsIndividuals ShoutingThose DemonisedLeaving People Alone

but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsUnfaithful MinistersScattered Like SheepMen Similar To AnimalsWolvesPeople Abandoning People

Bible Theasaurus

Appropriate (93 instances)
Assume (14 instances)
Attach (19 instances)
Capture (76 instances)
Clutch (1 instance)
Confiscate (13 instances)
Conquer (50 instances)
Seizes (17 instances)
Usurp (2 instances)

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נשׁא 
Nasha' 
Usage: 16

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